

The OVER element is optional and divides the box into numerator and denominator. The BOX element can be used to generally group items and can be thought of as non-printing parentheses.

The BOX and OVER elements allow you to define more complex equations, as in: For integral signs and related operators, the subscript/superscript text is centered over the symbol, otherwise it appears to the right as shown in the preceding example. SUB and SUP are used to specify subscripts and superscripts.
#HTML EQUATION MAKER ISO#
The mathematical symbols are given with their standard ISO entity names. An experimental browser supporting the MATH element is being developed at CERN.

This makes it practical to use a simplified notation compared with richer notations, e.g. It is intended to cover the majority of users needs, rather than aiming for complete coverage. The following is a preliminary proposal for representing equations directly as HTML+ using an SGML-based notation, inspired by the approach taken by LaTeX. Unfortunately, it now seems too cumbersome to form a practical solution, and has been dropped. The previous draft of the HTML+ specification described a way of embedding LaTeX equations in HTML+ documents. Currently, the best way of including equations in HTML documents is to first write the document in LaTeX and then use the latex2html filter to create the corresponding HTML document, together with the equations as a number of bitmap files *1.
