Re: SVG 1.2 Comment: vector effects

Ian,

Ian Hickson wrote:

>On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Craig Northway wrote:
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>>>>This has a number of problems.
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>>>>- It makes it much harder to use tools like XSLT.
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>>>That's an XSLT limitation, and should not restrict the SVG group from 
>>>making a good quality language.
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>>I think that making a good language would include making one that can be 
>>operated on easily by existing tools. I think that complex attribute 
>>syntaxes should be avoided because they significantly increase 
>>implementation complexity.
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>I honestly don't see that a complex element structure is better than a 
>complex attribute syntax.
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I think that an element structure in this case is better than a complex 
attribute syntax because it shares a significant similarity with the 
filter effects feature.

Craig