- From: Henri Sivonen <hsivonen@iki.fi>
- Date: Mon, 7 Sep 2009 11:28:59 +0300
- To: Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3c@gmail.com>
- Cc: Shelley Powers <shelleyp@burningbird.net>, public-html@w3.org
On Sep 7, 2009, at 00:21, Aryeh Gregor wrote: > Why is it that well-formedness isn't required for SVGs in HTML pages > to begin with? If it's not well-formed, you could just say it doesn't > display. In HTML, well-formedness requirements would make it > impossible to use legacy content, but that doesn't apply to SVG. This has been extensively discussed in the archives. There is legacy content that cargo-cult pastes <svg> tags into text/html. > All > other SVG applications require well-formedness (right?) -- if HTML > doesn't, then it will be impossible to reliably copy SVGs from HTML > pages to other applications, creating interoperability problems. > While requiring well-formedness has its downsides, I can't see how > they outweigh the interop problems this would create. This has also been extensively discussed. Supporting copy-paste from XML to text/html is a design goal, but supporting it the other way is hopeless. I suggest searching the archives of this list for "SVG". -- Henri Sivonen hsivonen@iki.fi http://hsivonen.iki.fi/
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