Re: handling XLink deprecation from Tab Atkins Jr. on 2012-08-21 (www-svg@w3.org from August 2012)

From: Tab Atkins Jr. <jackalmage@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 11:27:13 -0700
To: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
Cc: SVG public list <www-svg@w3.org>
Message-ID: <CAAWBYDD7Q8fJ_md4tD0gNJDQ6kRoOxpm2xJh9jgExKw=yLr2fg@mail.gmail.com>

On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 9:45 PM, Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au> wrote:
> * change xlink:href to href for: <a>, <altGlyph>, the animation elements,
> <color-profile>, <filter>, <font-face-uri>, <glyphRef>, gradient elements,
> <mpath>, <pattern>, <textPath>, <tref> and <use>
>
> * change xlink:href to src for: <cursor>, <feImage>, <image> and <script>

Why differentiate between href and src here?  Is it to distinguish
between things that accept url() and those that just accept a URL
directly?

~TJ

Received on Tuesday, 21 August 2012 18:28:01 UTC