The slash character can be used in other situations, such as an operator to surround a matrix for some reason, so it is better to leave it as the ASCII default /. Also note that the 'divide slash' is not one of the MathML special character entities, indicating it is probably not an appropriate character to use in MathML.
The slash character can be used in other situations, such as an operator to surround a matrix for some reason, so it is better to leave it as the ASCII default /. Also note that the 'divide slash' is not one of the MathML special character entities, indicating it is probably not an appropriate character to use in MathML.