mathmlref

Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition

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Darwin Information Typing Architecture (DITA) Version 1.3 Part 2: Technical Content Edition
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1.3
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OASIS DITA Technical Committee

Use the mathmlref element to reference a non-DITA XML document that contains MathML markup. This element enables you to use the markup by reference.

The reference must be to a MathML math element. The reference can be one of the following:
  • A URI that addresses an XML document; the XML document has a MathML math element as the root element
  • A URI that addresses an XML document and contains a fragment identifier that is the XML ID of a math element within the document

Processors SHOULD process the MathML as though the m:math element had occurred directly in the content of the containing mathml element.

The reference can be direct, using the href attribute, or indirect, using the keyref attribute. For indirect referencing, specify only the key name. Specify the ID of the mathml element as part of the value for the href attribute on the key definition.

For example, to refer to the math element with the id of "equation-02" within a larger document using a key reference, you would define the key in the following way:
<keydef 
  keys="mathml-equation-02" 
  href="math/mathml-equations.xml#equation-02"
  format="mathml"
/>
You would refer to this key using just the key name:
<mathml>
  <mathmlref keyref="mathml-equation-02"/>
</mathml>

Content models

See appendix for information about this element in OASIS document type shells.

Inheritance

+ topic/xref mathml-d/mathmlref

Example

Here is a reference to a mathml element that is the root element of its containing document:

<equation-block>
   <mathml>
     <mathmlref href="../mathml-source/mathml-root-mathml.mml"/>
   </mathml>
</equation-block>
The mathml-root-mathml.mml file contains the following content. Note that the math element sets the MathML namespace as the default namespace, so there are no namespace prefixes on the MathML markup:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<math xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" 
        xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
    <mstyle displaystyle="false" scriptlevel="0">
        <mrow>
            <mfrac>
                <mrow>
                    <mi mathcolor="gray">sin</mi>
                    <mo rspace="verythinmathspace">⁡</mo>                    
                    <mi>θ</mi>
                </mrow>
                <mi>π</mi>
            </mfrac>
        </mrow>
    </mstyle>
</math>

Here is a reference to a specific math element in a containing XML file:

<equation-block>
  <mathml>
    <mathmlref
       href="../mathml-source/mathml-equation-library.xml#mathfrag-02"
    />
  </mathml>
</equation-block>
The mathml-equation-library.xml file contains the following content:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<root>
  <part>
    <math
      id="timeinday"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
      <mi>x</mi>
    </math>
    <math
      id="mathfrag-02"
      xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
      <math>
        <mrow>
          <mi>y</mi>
          <mo>=</mo>
          <mn>5</mn>
          <mi>x</mi>
          <mo>+</mo>
          <mn>2</mn>
        </mrow>
      </math>
    </math>
  </part>
  <part>
    <m:math
      id="mathfrag-03"
      display="inline"
      overflow="scroll"
      xmlns:m="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML">
      <m:mi>y</m:mi>
      <m:mo>=</m:mo>
      <m:mi>m</m:mi>
      <m:mi>x</m:mi>
      <m:mo>+</m:mo>
      <m:mi>b</m:mi>
    </math>
  </part>
</root>

Attributes

The following attributes are available on this element: Universal attribute group, outputclass, and keyref. This element also uses href, scope, and a narrowed definition of format (given below) from Link relationship attribute group.

format
Specifies the format (data type) of the referenced resource. For MathML the format should be "mml", which is the default value for format on this element.