Things to do before GUI-developers can start their work

--- Michael Reimpell <M.Reimpell@tu-bs.de> wrote:

> XML makes it easy for a computer to handle data, and ensure that the
> data  structure is unambiguous also it is free and 
> platform-independent. Especially with MathML we would ensure 
> possibilities to import and export to every 
> serious mathematical application.

Um.  I don't think using MathML will ensure we can export and import to
other CAS with any success.  Dr. Fateman can probably point out the
weaknesses better than I, but I suspect MathML will mainly be useful as
a tool to allow export of Maxima documents in a format suitable for web
browsers.  XML we might be able to use as a native document storage
method, depending on how that works out, but that will all need to be
discussed when the time comes.

CY

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