Re: More than just HTML (was Re: Poetry and Maths)
nholtz@civeng.carleton.ca (Neal Holtz)
From: nholtz@civeng.carleton.ca (Neal Holtz)
Message-id: <9305251530.AA06319@zonker.cascade.carleton.ca>
Subject: Re: More than just HTML (was Re: Poetry and Maths)
To: fine@cis.ohio-state.edu (Thomas A. Fine)
Date: Tue, 25 May 93 11:30:56 EDT
Cc: www-talk@nxoc01.cern.ch
In-reply-to: <9305251446.AA12339@soccer.cis.ohio-state.edu>; from "Thomas A. Fine" at May 25, 93 10:46 am
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Thomas A. Fine writes:
>
> I really think we're going the wrong way here. HTML was always meant
> to be a small, even minimal document type. The promised strong point
> of the web would be multiple document types, all tied together within
> a structure of HTML documents.
>
There is certainly a danger of a very good idea becoming bloated with
too many things. On the other hand, as one example ...
> HTML only provides the framework by which lots of other document types
> are accessed. You want to do lot's of neat TeX things? Use TeX.
The kind of documents I am most interested in are about 50\% math
and 50\% text with {\em lots} of cross-references. It is important
that the math appear in-line with the document. A typical unit (node)
is 1/2 page. I worry about performance if, for example, the math
portion is farmed out to TeX/xdvi for rendering, and I wonder whether
an acceptable cacheing scheme can be found (perhaps it can).
I was attracted to HTML for this purpose because of the nice tools
that are now available, in contrast to other mechanisms.
--
Prof. Neal Holtz, Dept. of Civil Eng., Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
Internet: nholtz@civeng.carleton.ca Ph: (613)788-2600x5797 Fax: (613)788-3951