Minutes, 15 April 2010 SVG telcon

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SVG Working Group Teleconference
15 Apr 2010

See also: IRC log
Attendees

Present
    [Microsoft], Doug_Schepers, [IPcaller], ed, anthony, jwatt
Regrets
Chair
    SV_MEETING_CHAIR
Scribe
    Jonathan Watt

Contents

    * Topics
         1. xlink:href
         2. background image compositing
         3. test case conflict
    * Summary of Action Items

<trackbot> Date: 15 April 2010

<scribe> scribe: Jonathan Watt

scribenick, jwatt

<scribe> scribenick: jwatt
xlink:href

PD: Opera allows you to set it via setAttributeNS, but in the case of an image
would not change the image
... in Firefox you can just use setAttribute with 'xlink:href'
... webkit you need to use setAttributeNS
... I do expect people to use setAttribute

<ed> http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-3-Core/core.html#Namespaces-Considerations
(this is the section that defines the setAttribute method and namespaces)

PD: I want to also step back and reevaluate the use of baseVal and animVal in
general, since it's another example of the animated types making things more
complex for developers

<shepazu> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/DOM

DS: before we change the topic, are we going to allow 'src'?

PD: I was assuming that anywhere developers typically expect 'src', like on an
image, we'd use src, and anywhere they expect href, like on script, we'd use that

JW: I think for elements with no equivalent in HTML, we should use href, to make
the xlink:href easier

DS: so the only one we're advocating using 'src' for is image?
... <use> is much more like <image> than an anchor though
... I think we should raise this to a larger community
... or maybe it would just be easier for everyone if we said that in SVG
everything is just 'href'

(discussion about the pros/cons of different courses of action for various
compatibility/consistency approaches on various topics)

DS: I think that to be completely compatible with HTML is not practical, and to
do only a few things is not enough, so consistency within SVG is probably the
way to go

ED: I think we should have a wiki page to sort out the issues and come to a
conclusion

<ed> ED: a possible option could be to introduce an <img> element that has a
'src' attribute, and then keep <image> consistent with SVG (or have just 'href')

<ed> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Brussels%2C_Belgium_F2F#Agenda

DS: I think we've hit some of the overlap between SVG and HTML: image, text
layout, anchor,...
background image compositing

<ed> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2010Apr/0057.html

<ed> ISSUE-2007

<ed> i have ACTION-2066 to resolve ISSUE-2188 will try to get it done for SVG
1.1F2, but if I don't get around to it it'll go into the filters 1.2 spec

<ed> http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/2008Jun/0007.html

ED: I will respond to roc's email

<patrickd> http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/track/actions/2760
test case conflict

PD: the reason is that the spec says that if the attribute is not specified, the
affect is as if 100% is specified
... what does "as if" mean here? is the attribute then in the DOM?

ED: no, the implementation only acts as if that were the case

<ed>
http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/test/harness/htmlObject/struct-svg-01-f.html

<ed>
http://dev.w3.org/SVG/profiles/1.1F2/test/harness/htmlObject/svgdom-over-01-f.html

JW: I'd like us to reconsider that decision

Received on Thursday, 15 April 2010 17:52:08 UTC