Re: Documentation and MathML in Firebug

Frédéric Wang <[email protected]> Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:49:10 +0100
Newsgroups gmane.comp.mozilla.devel.mathml
Message-ID <[email protected]>
> When I walk the DOM, MathML objects sorta show up. SVG has SVGElement,
> I thought MathML would have MathMLElement. What are they? Just
> Elements?

If MathML DOM was implemented, then they would probably be 
MathMLElement: http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML2/appendixd.html#id.D.1.2
Normally, they are accessible from the Core DOM (so they are just 
"Element") and you can handle them in this way.

> 
> Thanks for the bug reference. From 2002. Sigh. At least I don't have
> to support anything specialized soon. :)

Apparently there had been some work in summer 2007 but I don't know how 
far the project has gone:
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377499

I don't know whether there is currently much demand for MathML DOM since 
anyway one can handle the element with the Core DOM methods. Also, note 
that the MathML DOM is not in the current MathML 3 WD:
"The chapter and appendices relating to the MathML DOM have been removed 
from this specification, with the intention of updating them and 
publishing them as a separate document at a later time."
(http://www.w3.org/TR/MathML3/appendixf.html#changes.mathml2.0e-3.0)

> 
> -steve--