[Om3] Pragmatics, timing, summary, and proposed resolutions

[Michael Kohlhase]

David Carlisle wrote:
>> There are two possible ways of changing the draft, one is to change the
>> pragmatic-to-strict translation (big ticket item), and another is to
>> possibly extend the definition of strict content MathML 
>>     
>
> ah with that clarification, I now understand what you mean, thanks.
>
>   
>> (one line in the schema and a couple in the spec text).
>>     
>
> Rather more than that I fear. But in anycase I don't think that we
> should assume that any changes that the OpenMath Soc.  decides to make
> to OpenMath will be automatically incorporated into MathML.  
Of course not, that is for the Math WG to decide.
> The OM
> group would have to make any decision to change OpenMath at this stage
> in the knowledge that this might, or might not, lead to it slipping out
> of alignment with MathML again, depending on what the Math WG decide to
> do at that time.
Yes, that is the nature of the coordination game, but it is good that
you spell this out in public.
>  Of course there are many things that OM could decide to
> do, such as new symbols for handling conditions that would not have any
> direct impact on the MathML spec.
>   
And I expressed my hope that this would be the majority of changes we
will see.

Michael
> David
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