Re: SVG12: 10.4 grammar

* Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote:
>>>  From http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-SVGMobile12-20050413/text.html
>>>section 10.4, "Whether the given element represents can be edited by the
>>>user." This sentence seems incorrect or at least incomprehensible.
>>>Please change the draft such that it uses correct and comprehensible
>>>language.
>>
>>I changed this sentence to 'Represents whether the XML character data 
>>within the text element can be edited by the user.' Was your comment 
>>only referring to the grammar of the sentence?
>
>It seems http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2005May/0120 this
>got "fixed" twice... I think the new text is incorrect, for example, in
><text>&#xF6;</text> there is no "character data" as defined in XML 1.0,
>only markup. There is similar text in the draft like e.g.
>
>  The XML [XML10] character data within the 'text' element, along with
>  relevant attributes and properties and character-to-glyph mapping
>  tables within the font itself, define the glyphs to be rendered.
>
>From http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-SVGMobile12-20050413/changes.html 
>
>  'editable' is now allowed on text elements with children,
>  but the children are flattened when editing occurs
>
>it also seems that the "editable" attribute's scope extends beyond
>character information items, it should probably just refer to the
>content of elements.
>
>I am not sure about this "can be edited by the user" either; W3C Amaya
>allows to edit element content regardless of the editable attribute;
>is Amaya non-compliant?

I got a response to this, but it is not public. It would be helpful if
the Working Group could publish that response; I note though that the
response would not address my concern, the latest draft still uses the
term "XML character data" in the same incorrect way.
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