Re: Should we pay more attention to SVG?

> Besides that, SVG is already developed. We don't need not help further
development [...]

Please be aware that work on SVG is on-going; a Working Group is currently
in operation until Oct 2016 ... see the charter [1].

_Should_ we wish to refer to SVG, then TPAC would provide a good
opportunity to engage with that team in order to understand how best we can
'partition' our respective concerns.

BR, Jeremy

[1]:http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/2014/new-charter

On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 at 12:10 Frans Knibbe <frans.knibbe@geodan.nl> wrote:

> 2015-07-24 12:47 GMT+02:00 Ed Parsons <eparsons@google.com>:
>
>> I agree SVG is interesting technology, and is already widely used in
>> mapping - Lets just be careful however as, quoting the charter...
>>
>> "The Spatial Data on the Web Working Group must be mindful of the needs
>> of front end Web developers, however, it will not develop any geospatial or
>> map rendering technologies."
>>
>> So pointing to good working examples as a potential best practice is a
>> good approach.
>>
>> Ed
>>
>
> SVG can be seen as a set of standards for encoding vector geometry and
> associated coordinate reference systems in a way that is native to the web
> (it can be directly displayed in a (modern) web browser). It could be seen
> a a means of visualising data on a web page, but also as a means of
> publishing vector data on the web - SVG data can be embedded on a web page.
> So there is a supply side and a demand side. Besides that, SVG is already
> developed. We don't need not help further development, but we could try to
> align our work with SVG. Issues that are particularly interesting with
> regard to SVG seem to be the requirements for vector geometry encoding and
> coordinate reference systems. It would be very nice if best practices in
> those areas are somewhat compatible with SVG.
>
> Regards,
> Frans
>
>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 24 Jul 2015 at 11:04 Linda van den Brink <
>> l.vandenbrink@geonovum.nl> wrote:
>>
>  What about a technology talk about SVG at one of our telecons?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *Van:* Frans Knibbe [mailto:frans.knibbe@geodan.nl]
>>> *Verzonden:* vrijdag 24 juli 2015 12:00
>>> *Aan:* SDW WG Public List
>>> *Onderwerp:* Should we pay more attention to SVG?
>>>
>>  Hello,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I would like to direct your attention to a recent contribution that
>>> came in on the public comment list
>>> <https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-sdw-comments/2015Jul/0001.html>.
>>> My feeling is that we could try to strengthen ties between our work and SVG
>>> a bit.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I propose to include SVG as one of the existing practices in the Compatibility
>>> with existing practices requirement
>>> <http://w3c.github.io/sdw/UseCases/SDWUseCasesAndRequirements.html#Compatibility>,
>>> so that SVG is at least explicitly mentioned in the UCR document, and less
>>> likely to be forgotten about in the BP work. But perhaps there is more that
>>> we could or should do?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> As an example, here <http://bl.ocks.org/mbostock/3711652> is a
>>> illustration of relevance of SVG to geographical/spatial data on the web.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Frans
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>>
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>
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