The support provided by graphical browsers for the HTML standard was a major ingredient in developing the internet into a popular media for archiving and distributing general content. Two recent advancements suggest a similar bright future for mathematical content expressed through the MathML standard. Mozilla Firefox browser, released last November, now offers native support for MathML. Also, MathPlayer version 2 plug-in for MS Internet Explorer, which is easily installed and was released a year ago, is now capable to serve general MathML files.

This presentation will provide insight into how TeX4ht produces MathML from LaTeX sources, and will consider issues involved in creating MathML with TeX4ht and other tools.