SVG IG -- a few ideas

Now that the conference is over, I have a couple of ideas for where we
might want to head next:

1. Send e-mail to all conference attendees inviting and encouraging
participation in SVG IG. There are a lot of good projects ongoing: SVG
Planet, SVG-IG wiki, SVG-Edit, etc.

2. Encourage W3C to go ahead and announce the book. I believe Doug has
agreed that this makes sense.
http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/IG/resources/svgprimer.html

We can talk about working on it forever, but unless it is known, no one*
is going to. Once it is announced, contributors will materialize.
Already Sean Roe from CERN has contributed a chapter on XSLT; I just
need to bundle it in.

3. (and perhaps most importantly) Collectively rebuild the Wikipedia
entry on SVG to include animation and interactivity. Since Wikipedia
will apparently be expanding support for SVG Web, it is important that
we undertake a project to take advantage of the new cross-browser appeal
afforded by SVG Web. 

Once people see what SVG in Wikipedia can do (interactivity and maybe
animation?), then ordinary folks will start to pay more attention.
Following on Brion's presentation, we should probably include a section
on using SVG in Wikipedia that would, among other things, discuss file
size, and Scour (as within Inkscape).

* except for Ruud who already has some new corrections.

Received on Wednesday, 7 October 2009 17:00:50 UTC