Posted by gradeexrex on 12/01/07 21:50

On Nov 30, 5:43 pm, "Plamen Ratchev" <Pla...@SQLStudio.com> wrote:
> One way to implement this is to use the Mathematical Markup Language
> (MathML). MathML is based on XML and is used for describing mathematical
> notation and encoding both its structure and content. The main purpose of
> MathML is to enable mathematics to be used on Internet, but since it is XML
> based it is widely used in applications that can process XML.
>
> SQL Server supports Unicode and also SQL Server 2005 adds support for XML
> data type. There are many parsers, and any browser can serve as presentation
> layer.
>
> See more info on the official W3C site at the links below:http://www.w3.org/Math/whatIsMathML.htmlhttp://www.w3.org/Math/http://www.w3.org/TR/2007/WD-MathML3-20070427/http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/http://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/pmathml2.xmlhttp://www.w3.org/Math/XSL/csmall2.xml
>
> I have seen some applications that use MathML to store mathematical
> notations, but developed in Oracle (still storing in XML columns).
>
> HTH,
>
> Plamen Ratchevhttp://www.SQLStudio.com

Very helpful post. Thank you.

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