[svgwg] Issue: [svg-native] Decide whether reusable graphical elements are needed (#689) marked as SVG Native

dirkschulze has just labeled an issue for https://github.com/w3c/svgwg as "SVG Native":

== [svg-native] Decide whether reusable graphical elements are needed ==
SVG 2 defines following primitives for creating reusable graphics:
- `<pattern>`
- `<marker>`
- `<symbol>`
- `<use>`
- `<linearGradient href="...">`
- `<radialGradient href="...">`.

Some of those elements are already discussed in https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/671 and https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/670, but I think the broader question that needs to be answered first is: **are they adding any value when it comes to rendering performance, file read/write performance, security or interoperability?**.  If not, then I would get rid of them altogether just like it has been done with all the text elements.

See https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/689

Received on Sunday, 12 May 2019 11:33:12 UTC