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MathML

MathML is an XML-based document language designed to solve the difficult problem of displaying mathematics properly in web browsers. The W3C has produced a very good specification for MathML, an indispensable first step. Although it appears that it will take a little more time [as of this writing, August 2001] before we can genuinely say that we have usable, readily available, reasonably easy-to-install browsers that do a good job of rendering MathML, some of the software under development is getting pretty close. For viewing MathML documents, you might want to start with

And for getting some MathML material to view, try converting an existing LaTeX document with

To see a perspective from Design Science on MathML take a look at their white paper Math on the Web: A Status Report.

As a primary source for MathML news, check out the W3C web page http://www.w3.org/Math/.