<affiliation>IBM Research Division, Yorktown Heights, NY</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<name>Roger Hunter</name>
<affiliation>MacKichan Software</affiliation>
</author>
<author role="editor">
<name>Patrick Ion</name>
<affiliation>Mathematical Reviews, American Mathematical Society</affiliation>
</author>
<author role="editor">
<name>Robert Miner</name>
<affiliation>Design Science, Inc.</affiliation>
</author>
<author role="editor">
<name>Nico Poppelier</name>
<affiliation>Penta Scope</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<name>Bruce Smith</name>
</author>
<author>
<name>Neil Soiffer</name>
<affiliation>Wolfram Research</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<name>Robert Sutor</name>
<affiliation>IBM Research Division, Yorktown Heights, NY</affiliation>
</author>
<author>
<name>Stephen Watt</name>
<affiliation>University of Western Ontario</affiliation>
</author>
</authlist>
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The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.
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This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested
parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a
<loc href="http://www.w3.org/Consortium/Process-20010208/tr.html#RecsW3C">W3C Recommendation</loc>. It is a stable document and may be used as reference
material or cited as a normative reference from another
document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention
to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This
enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.
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<p>
This document has been produced by the
<loc href="http://www.w3.org/Math/">W3C Math Working Group</loc>
as part of the activity of the <loc
href="http://www.w3.org/UI/">W3C User Interface Domain</loc>. The
goals of that W3C Math Working Group are discussed in the <loc
href="http://www.w3.org/Math/W3CDocs/mathcharter.html"> W3C Math WG
Charter</loc> (revised February 2000 from original of 11 June 1998).
A list of <intref ref="contributors">participants in the W3C Math
Working Group</intref> is available.
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<p> The MathML 2.0 specification was reviewed extensively during its
development, as provided by the W3C Process. During end of that
period the W3C Math Working Group members encouraged implementation
using the specification and comment on it; a report on <loc
href="http://www.w3.org/Math/iandi/">Implementation and
Interoperability</loc> experiences and issues has been made public.
It is intended that this will be updated from time to time by the
continuing work of the W3C that oversees the MathML 2.0 Recommendation. The W3C
Math Working Group maintains a public Web page <loc
href="http://www.w3.org/Math/">http://www.w3.org/Math/</loc> which
contains further background information.
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