Re: [SVGMobile12] SVGT12-207: Section 7.13 doesn't say how to get aspect ratio from viewBox

On Tue, 21 Mar 2006, Andrew Shellshear wrote:
>
> Ian Hickson wrote:
> > In section 7.13 the SVG 1.2 Tiny spec says:
> > 
> > # [...] the aspect ratio is calculated from the width and height of the #
> > viewBox specified for the current SVG document fragment.
> > 
> > The specification does not say _how_ this is done. Should the height be
> > divided by the width, or vice versa, or something else?
> 
> We have added:
> 
> The aspect ratio is calculated by dividing width by height.
> 
> to the list of rules for calculating the intrinsic aspect ratio.
> 
> Please let us know shortly if this does not resolve your comment.

That sentence alone doesn't seem to be enough; for example, does this mean 
the height and width attributes, the height and width parts of the viewBox 
attribute, or something else?

I guess I'll be able to tell you whether or not, in context, this 
satisfies my request once I am able to review the upcoming SVG Tiny 1.2 
working draft.

Cheers,
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