Svgdeveloper@aol.com wrote: > My perception is that your closing paragraph is likely significantly > exaggerated at least when applied to the majority of links to be created > by the majority of developers. > > Writing simple XLinks in SVG is pretty straightforward. If I want to > link to an external JavaScript/ECMAScript file I can write > <svg:script xlink:href="myJavaScriptFile.js" type="text/javascript" /> > > Similarly to create a straightforward link to, for example, a new SVG > Web page (cf http://www.XMML.com) I can simply write > <svg:a xlink:href="http://www.EditITWrite.com" /> > > Not too difficult to do with your eyes close ... I think I have probably > done it myself a few times. :) Except you've missed the part about not relying on DTD or Schema to default the missing attributes, which I believe is a sane requirement. The SVG DTD[1] shows much defaulting, which is a rather unpleasant approach to language design (but the fault is not on the SVG side). For one it burdens DOMs uselessly. [1]http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/svgdtd.html#DTD.1.14 -- Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr> Research Engineer, Expway 7FC0 6F5F D864 EFB8 08CE 8E74 58E6 D5DB 4889 2488Received on Thursday, 26 September 2002 13:02:03 GMT
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