What is MathML?

• Mathematical formulae described in XML
  • It is searchable
  • Can be embedded in other, XML-based markups
  • Voice browsers can be adapted to "read" formulae
  • Is human edible (sort of... specialized editors are better)
• Reminiscent to T_EX (ie, converter tools are feasible)
• Have been developed by a group involving Elsevier, INRIA, Univ. of Waterloo (Maple), IBM, American Mathematical Society, the OpenMath consortium, Wolfram Research (Mathematica),...
• Software begins to be available:
  • IBM Techexplorer plugin
  • Mathematica and Maple export and render MathML (in latest releases!)
  • LaTeX2HTML MathML and Omega packages convert T_EX
  • to MathML
  • ... (see the project web site): http://www.w3.org/Math/#Software