MathML

MathML is an XML stanard for representing mathematics, and a part of HTML5.

MathML Module

This module allows you to get MathML from anywhere and work with it as an object.

Installing and Importing

MathML can be installed from the PowerShell gallery

Install-Module MathML

After installation, you can import it like any module:

Import-Module MathML

Getting MathML

We can use Get-MathML (alias MathML) to extract MathML from a source

MathML https://dlmf.nist.gov/2.1

This works for Wikipedia as well:

$roseMath = MathML 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_(mathematics)'
$roseMath

We can also pass MathML directly in

MathML "<math xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML'>
    <semantics>
        <mrow>
            <mn>1</mn>
            <mo>+</mo>
            <mn>1</mn>
            <mo>=</mo>
            <mn>2</mn>
        </mrow>
    </semantics>
</math>"

We can get any previously loaded MathML by running Get-MathML with no parameters

MathML

Future Goals

MathML offers a unique opportunity for metaprogramming.

In theory, expressions in most programming languages, including PowerShell, could be written as MathML.

Thus one future goal is to provide translation from languages to MathML.

More interestingly, MathML could also represent a "base language" used to reconstruct expressions in other languages.

Thus the other major future goal is provide translation from MathML into various programming languages.