Re: [selectors-api] SVG WG Review of Selectors API

Lachlan Hunt wrote:
> Erik Dahlström wrote:
>> On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 17:26:18 +0100, Lachlan Hunt
>> <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au> wrote:
>>>> == 8. Examples
>>>>
>>>> Please add an example such as this one:
>>>> ...
>>>> Then explain how to use the Selectors API to select only the svg
>>>> 'font' elements and how to select only the svg font elements that
>>>> have a prefix on the element.
>>>
>>> As Boris explained, and as I'm sure you're well aware, it is not 
>>> possible to distinguish between elements with the same local name 
>>> without using namespaces.  I cannot demonstrate the impossible and
>>> have not included the example in the spec.
>>
>> The SVG WG disagrees with this reasoning. People will run into this 
>> problem, and it seems appropriate to give an example and to show how 
>> to work around the lack of namespace-aware selectors. Note that even 
>> if it's not possible to distinguish between the elements using 
>> Selectors API alone, the result can be filtered e.g using DOM Core 
>> methods to give a meaningful result. Another workaround could be to 
>> pass a descendant combinator selector such as "svg font" to check the 
>> the <font> element has an <svg> element ancestor, this would cover 
>> many of the use-cases.
> 
> I will reconsider this issue shortly.

Erik provided me with demo to base the example on.  I have simplified it 
to illustrate the relevant technique and included the example within the 
spec.  You may review the changes in the latest editor's draft.

http://dev.w3.org/2006/webapi/selectors-api/#examples0

I believe this was the last issue from the SVG WG I needed to resolve. 
Please let me know if you are satisfied with this response, and my 
previous resolutions for other issues.

-- 
Lachlan Hunt - Opera Software
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Received on Monday, 26 January 2009 17:22:09 UTC