Formuodami

Formuodami is a speculative framework for encoding, exchanging, and rendering mathematical formulas and symbolic expressions across software systems. It envisions a single intermediate representation that editors can emit, processors can transform, and renderers can display on diverse platforms. The goal is to reduce translation gaps between tools used in education, research, and publishing, while preserving both human readability and machine interpretability.

The design emphasizes modular grammars, language neutrality, and extensibility. Core ideas include representing formulas as structured trees or graphs, tagging nodes with semantic metadata (such as variable names, operators, units, and scope), and supporting reversible transformations between authoring formats and the intermediate form. It also envisions plug-in adapters that map existing formats, such as LaTeX or MathML, to and from the common representation without loss of essential meaning.

As of now, formuodami lacks formal standardization and broad industry uptake. It appears mainly in speculative discussions, educational prototypes, and some experimental tooling that explores cross-platform formula interoperability. Advocates argue that it could streamline collaborative editing and automated reasoning, while critics point to potential complexity and compatibility challenges with established standards.

Its potential applications include educational software, scientific publishing, knowledge graphs, and computational notebooks. Related concepts include MathML, LaTeX, OpenMath, and computable document formats.