Re: SVG 1.2 Comment: vector effects

At 11:59 AM 11/30/2004 +1100, Craig Northway wrote:

>Ian,
>
>Ian Hickson wrote:
>
>>On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Craig Northway wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>This has a number of problems.
>>>>>
>>>>>- It makes it much harder to use tools like XSLT.
>>>>>
>>>>That's an XSLT limitation, and should not restrict the SVG group from 
>>>>making a good quality language.
>>>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>
>>I honestly don't see that a complex element structure is better than a 
>>complex attribute syntax.
>>
>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.

It is also easier to script and possible to animate individual parts of it; 
it is also easier to reuse it.

Peter


>Craig