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

On Fri, 2011-08-05 at 16:36 -0700, Vincent Hardy wrote:
> 
> 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.

This would be good to add to SVG 2.0. Inkscape is now using (abusing?)
1-stop gradients for this purpose. 

> >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.
> >

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