- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 09:40:31 +0100
- To: Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd@btinternet.com>
- Cc: chairs@w3.org, www-svg@w3.org
On Tuesday, November 9, 2004, 1:06:45 PM, Jonathan wrote: JC> Chris, JC> Would it be possible to extend the use of switch to title and desc? Yes. This has already been done in the 1.2 spec, but its worth pointing out in the next revision and adding an example that uses switch on title, rather like the multilink example does, to give alternate titles in different languages. JC> this would have some significant internationalisation benefits in JC> respect of Accessibility. Yes, certainly. JC> the 1.1 spec allows for switch in the case of text: JC> http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/i18n.html#I18nTextSubstitution JC> (an alternative formate might be as used in metadata: <title JC> xml:lang="es"> or similar, though this may not avoid the use of a JC> switch method.) It wouldn't, because xml:lang is not a test attribute. However, systemLanguage *is* a test attribute. Even then, you are better with switch. The first child that evaluates to true is rendered and the rest are not. JC> a workaround demonstration is available here: JC> http://www.peepo.co.uk/launch/index.svg JC> for various reasons this currently only works in asv afaik. JC> eg title text is displayed in a tooltip, or label using the OS language JC> if available, it currently defaults to English. JC> my apologies if: JC> this has already been dealt with elsewhere, I have not found a JC> reference to any changes in the draft. It is mentioned, but the effect of the change could usefully be called out in a few places, as you note. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group
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