- From: Dean Jackson <dean@w3.org>
- Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 22:05:46 +1100
- To: Tobias Reif <tobiasreif@pinkjuice.com>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org, www-qa@w3.org
On Mon, 20 Jan 2003, Tobias Reif wrote: > > Jim Ley wrote: > > > >>- [...] The answer is to create a temporary well-formed > >> version of the partial download (close all open tags, etc) and > >> then render. [...] > > >This is a sensible approach, and I fully support it. > > > How should the app do "close all open tags, etc" for the following? > (Real question :) > > <foo> > <bar> > > to > > <foo> > <bar> > </bar> > </foo> Yes. > > or > > <foo></foo> > <bar></bar> Since the <bar> is a child of the <foo> in the content you've got so far you can't close it this way. Of course, the specification has to be clear on a few things, such as (but not limited to): - what to do with required children - what to do with currently invalid references - what type of error handling when it realises that the content is incorrect If it makes everyone happier, the Adobe SVG viewer has been doing this for a couple of years now without any trouble (as far as I know). Dean
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