Re: List of features from SVG Tiny 1.2 not in SVG 1.1

On 8/5/11 10:24 AM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalmage@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 4:08 AM, Cyril Concolato
><cyril.concolato@telecom-paristech.fr> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Following up on ACTION-3100, I've set up a page describing the features
>>that
>> are in SVG Tiny 1.2 but not in SVG 1.1 2nd Ed. The page is here:
>> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/SVG_Tiny_1.2_feature_backport
>> I may have missed some or made mistakes. Please review it and
>>comment/modify
>> the page.
>> This closes the action.
>
>Small question related to this.
>
>Given that colors are already paint servers in SVG, what's the purpose
>of <solidColor>?  

Originally, <solidColor> was introduced because solid colors where the
only type of paint server that could only used by value and not by
reference. A gradient could be shared by multiple elements, not a solid
color.

>Is it solely to allow you to fill with a
>partially-transparent color?  If so, it seems like we could address
>this easily by just adopting the additional color functions defined in
>CSS.
>
>~TJ
>

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