- From: Kurt Cagle <kurt@kurtcagle.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2004 16:17:04 -0800
- To: <www-svg@w3.org>
> 16.1 "SVG 1.2 adds the xlink:href attribute to the title, desc and metadata > elements, allowing them to reference of external content. In each case the > URI must point to data that can be included as content of the referencing > element. " > > This seems like an unnecessary restriction, why can't I provide an HTML or > content negotiated resource providing detailed descriptions. Also limiting > us to a text or XML serialisation of Metadata seems unreasonable. I can > somewhat understand the motivation, but my main reason for wanting > xlink:href on these elements is to reuse existing metadata and descriptions, > not simply to have it out of band. It'd seem to me that this is one of those cases where a web services/CGI interface would serve just as well as trying to enhance these particular elements. I'm trying to think of cases where you'd want a non-XML metadata layer, and overall there are few circumstances where it would make much sense. -- Kurt Cagle
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