Re: Contradictory types in feColorMatrix values attribute?

Kirk,
Thanks for pointing this out. I agree with your analysis and 
recommendation. I will recommend to the SVG working group that percentages 
be disallowed on feColorMatrix as you suggest.

Jon Ferraiolo
SVG Editor
Adobe Systems Incorporated

At 11:07 AM 11/6/00 -0600, Kirk Jensen wrote:
><http://www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-SVG-20001102/filters.html#feColorMatrix>http: 
>//www.w3.org/TR/2000/CR-SVG-20001102/filters.html#feColorMatrix
>
>I believe that the definition of values in feColorMatrix has a 
>contradictary definition.  The spec states that the type of values is 
>"list of Numbers", yet for the case of type=saturate, the spec states the 
>values can be a number from 0-1 or an optional percentage value (e.g. 50%).
>
>In chapter 4 (Basic Data Types) list of xxx is defined as a list of type 
>xxx only, not a variation of types.  Therefore, it should be safe to 
>assume that if an attribute is defined as a list of xxx, only xxx types 
>will appear. The inconsistency with feColorMatrix values causes some 
>difficulty in parsers set up to parse values bases on a single basic data 
>type.  In this case, the parser has to be designed to allow a change in 
>the definition of the attribute depending on the value of another attribute.
>
>I know that in the past opacity attributes followed the same 
>inconsistency, but I believe in updated specs this has been changed to 
>only allow numbers in the range 0-1.  (Correct?)
>
>Although I cannot recall off the top of my head,  I believe there are 
>other cases where the same is true. Eliminating this special case would be 
>a good start.  (I am not including animate from,to,by,values in this 
>statement; they are completely flexible types by design.)
>
>Sincerely,
>Kirk Jensen