- From: Micah Dubinko <micah@dubinko.info>
- Date: Tue, 03 Aug 2004 10:24:08 -0700
- To: Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org>
- Cc: www-forms@w3.org
What about: <upload ref="pen/data" mediatype="image/svg+xml"> .... Note that the XForms rec specifically calls out the "scribble" technique, in section 8.1.6. ..micah Dave Raggett wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >Has there been any consideration of an input control that collects >pen trace data (scribble) over an image or a graphic represented by >SVG? For instance, a control showing a rectangular portion of a >map over which you can make a gesture with a stylus or electronic >pen. > >In essence this is a kind of upload control but one which is >specialized to collecting pen gestures over an associated >presentation, which forms an integral part of the content, and >as such can't be treated as part of the styling. > >Some possible designs: > > a) an XForms element with a link to the image/graphic > where the width/height is set via CSS > > b) an XForms element acting as a container for SVG > >Such controls would be valuable for composite multimodal input, >for example, where you say "zoom in here" while drawing a rough >circle on the map. When submitted, the form would contain a >representation of the command (zoom) together with the ink >trace data represented in XML, see http://www.w3.org/TR/InkML/ > >It would then be up to a server-side script to interpret this >data and to return the updated map. > >A refinement would be a way to just update the map, avoiding >the need to reload the entire page. > >Regards, >- -- > Dave Raggett <dsr@w3.org> W3C lead for voice and multimodal. > http://www.w3.org/People/Raggett +44 1225 866240 (or 867351) > >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- >Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) > >iD4DBQFBD5amb3AdEmxAsUsRAithAJinh/IwVOv5ShWxjkfIdz8ozKSmAKDnntje >Qf79Z9VFEkQMpEH3G365YQ== >=5iWp >-----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > >
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