- From: vlakoff via GitHub <noreply@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2026 04:01:14 +0000
- To: public-svg-issues@w3.org
Following the discussion in [#1109 (review)](https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/pull/1109#pullrequestreview-4469297943), it may be worth going further than what I proposed above: rather than only removing the `standalone` attribute, the Working Group could consider removing the `<?xml …?>` declaration entirely from the examples. An XML declaration serves no purpose for SVG served as `image/svg+xml` or embedded inline in HTML. Its only remaining use case — declaring a non‑UTF‑8 encoding for locally loaded files — is a narrow edge case. Removing it entirely would fix both the `standalone` naming collision and the misleading implication that an XML declaration is expected in SVG 2 documents. -- GitHub Notification of comment by vlakoff Please view or discuss this issue at https://github.com/w3c/svgwg/issues/1088#issuecomment-4677060346 using your GitHub account -- Sent via github-notify-ml as configured in https://github.com/w3c/github-notify-ml-config
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