Re: Ambiguities in fill:url() / stroke:url() syntax

On Oct 27, 2012, at 12:26 PM, Robert O'Callahan <robert@ocallahan.org> wrote:

> Here's an alternative proposal:
> 
> Given a url() value in a context whether either an external resource reference (e.g. paint server reference) or an image load (e.g. SVG image) could be performed, 
> a) If the resolved URI uses a Media Fragments URI feature, or the svgView feature (http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/linking.html#LinksIntoSVG), perform an image load.
> b) otherwise, if the resolved URI includes a fragment identifier, perform an external resource reference.
> c) otherwise, perform an image load.
> URIs in image() values always perform an image load. URIs in element() values always perform an external resource reference.
> 
> I think this proposal almost always does what the author wants, and is compatible with almost all existing usage, while being very simple. The only problematic case is that url(foobar.svg#abc) can no longer be used to link to a specific element in an SVG file; image(foobar.svg#abc) must be used instead. I think the usage of that feature is currently very low and can probably be broken, at least if we do it soon.
> 
> Some fine-tuning of this proposal could be done. For example we might modify step a) to treat any URI with a fragment identifier containing certain characters (e.g. '=', '(', ')') as an image load, so that Media Fragments-like features can be introduced later without potentially changing behavior.
If we should introduce the image() function, I don't necessarily see a reason for option a) and c). They might confuse people when they don't need to use image() but when they really do. Just URL may always mean paint server reference. But don't have strong feelings.

Beside URL and image() we would have linear-gradient(), radial-gradient() and so on, right?

Greetings,
Dirk


> 
> Rob
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