Re: [svg-developers] Fwd: SVG WG announces Last Call of SVG 1.2

Chris,

It is good to see SVG 1.2 progress to Last Call but there appears to be 
surprisingly limited options for accessing the Last Call Working Draft. There is, 
for example, no PDF version of the draft, nor is the draft available as a 
zipped file or as a single HTML/XHTML file - at least not in the online version I 
have just viewed.

Could the draft be amended to provide those? Ease of assessment, in my view, 
is likely to aid quality and completeness of comments on the Last Call WD.

You may recall discussions early in the life of SVG 1.2 in which you 
indicated, if I understood you correctly, that the additional versions of the 
specification mentioned earlier would be provided, since they aid efficient evaluation 
of the content by those outside the Working Group. It is much easier, for 
example, to search in a single PDF or HTML/XHTML file than across multiple 
documents and thereby cross-reference issues of interest.

Is there any possibility of progressing the availability of additional 
versions, as mentioned in my first paragraph?

Thanks

Andrew Watt

In a message dated 10/27/2004 10:52:03 PM GMT Daylight Time, chris@w3.org 
writes:

> This is a forwarded message
> From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
> To: chairs@w3.org
> Date: Wednesday, October 27, 2004, 11:39:51 PM
> Subject: SVG WG announces Last Call of SVG 1.2
> 
> ===8<==============Original message text===============
> Dear Chairs,
> 
> On behalf of the SVG Working Group [1], I am pleased to announce the
> publication of the 27 October 2004 "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2"
> Last Call Working Draft. The document is available at:
> 
> http://www.w3.org/TR/2004/WD-SVG12-20041027/
> 
> Review start date : 27 October 2004
> Review end date   : 24 November 2004
> Mailing list    : www-svg@w3.org (public archive [2])
> 
> Please find below the following information:
> 
>   * Which groups should review this document
>   * Decision to advance to Last Call
>   * Patent disclosures
>   * The abstract and status section
> 
> For more information on the purpose of a Last Call review, please
> consult section 7.4.2 of the W3C Process Document [3].
> 
> The SVG WG looks forward to your review comments,
> 
> Chris Lilley    Chair, SVG WG
> Dean Jackson    Staff Contact, SVG WG
> 
> [1] http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Group/
> [2] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-svg/
> [3] http://www.w3.org/2004/02/Process-20040205/tr.html#last-call
> 
> ========================================
> Which groups should review this document
> ========================================
> 
> The TAG welcomes review from all interested parties including
> implementors of SVG renderers, of SVG authoring tools, content
> designers, and the interested public.
> 
> In particular, we request review from the following W3C groups:
> 
> CSS WG              [Bert Bos, Chair]
> Compound Document Formats WG   [Vincent Hardy, Chair]
> Device Independence WG      [Rhys Lewis, Chair]
> HTML WG             [Steven Pemberton, Chair]
> Internationalization WG     [Addison Phillips, Chair]
> Multimodal Interaction WG    [Deborah Dahl, Chair]
> QA WG              [Karl Dubost, Chair]
> SYMM WG             [Yoshihisa Gonno,
>                  Guido Grassel, co-Chairs]
> Timed Text WG          [Glenn Adams, chair]
> Voice Browser WG         [Jim Larson,
>                  Scott McGlashan, co-Chairs]
> WAI P&F WG            [Alfred Gilman, Chair]
> XForms WG            [Steven Pemberton, Chair]
> XML Core WG           [Paul Grosso,
>                  Norm Walsh co-Chairs]
> XML Schema WG          [David Ezell, Chair]
> 
> 
> The Chairs of some of these groups have already confirmed with the SVG
> WG their intent to review the document, at the Friday 22 October
> Hypertext CG call [4] or individually [5]. For other groups, the W3C
> Director will appreciate a response (sent to www-svg@w3.org) with or
> without review comments.
> 
> [4] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-html-cg/2004OctDec/0012.html
> [5] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-svg-wg/2004OctDec/0524.html
> 
> 
> In addition, the following external groups are explicitly requested to
> review SVG 1.2:
> 
> 3GPP            [Robin Berjon, SVG<->3GPP Liaison]
> OMA             [Vincent Mahe, SVG<->OMA Liaison]
> 
> 
> 
> =================================
> Decision to advance to Last Call
> =================================
> 
> The SVG WG decided to advance to Last Call, with no objections and one
> abstention, at their Thursday 21 October 2004 telcon. [6]
> 
> Resolution: Publish Last Call  with unmerged spec.
> 
> [6] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-svg-wg/2004OctDec/0491.html
> 
> 
> 
> ==================
> Patent disclosures
> ==================
> 
> First public working draft of this specification [7] was 15 November 2002.
> A patent disclosure page is maintained at [8]
> 
> Per the W3C Patent Policy, Working Group participants have 60 days from
> the publication of the Last Call Working Draft to exclude any claims
> made essential by the Last Call Working Draft not included in earlier
> drafts. The deadline for such exclusions is  26 December 2004.
> 
> [7] http://www.w3.org/TR/2002/WD-SVG12-20021115/
> [8] http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/Disclosures
> 
> 
> ==============================================
> Abstract of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.2
> ==============================================
> 
> SVG is a modularized XML language for describing two-dimensional
> graphics with animation and interactivity, and a set of APIs upon which
> to build graphics-based applications. This document specifies version
> 1.2 of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).
> 
> ==========================
> Status section
> ==========================
> 
> This section describes the status of this document at the time of its
> publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of
> current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical
> report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at
> http://www.w3.org/TR/.
> 
> This is a W3C Last Call Working Draft of the Scalable Vector Graphics
> (SVG) 1.2 specification. The SVG Working Group plans to submit this
> specification for consideration as a W3C Candidate Recommendation after
> examining feedback to this draft. Comments for this specification should
> have a subject starting with the prefix 'SVG 1.2 Comment:'. Please send
> them to www-svg@w3.org, the public email list for issues related to
> vector graphics on the Web. This list is archived and acceptance of this
> archiving policy is requested automatically upon first post. To
> subscribe to this list send an email to www-svg-request@w3.org with the
> word subscribe in the subject line. Comments are accepted until 30
> November 2004.
> 
> This document lists the changes from SVG 1.1. It is not a complete
> language description.
> 
> This document has been produced by the SVG Working Group as part of the
> Graphics Activity within the W3C Interaction Domain.
> 
> This document was produced under the 23 January 2002 CPP as amended by
> the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure. The Working Group maintains
> a public list of patent disclosures relevant to this document; that page
> also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual who
> has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes contains
> Essential Claim(s) with respect to this specification should disclose
> the information in accordance with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy.
> 
> Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C
> Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or
> obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite
> this document as other than work in progress.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Lilley           mailto:chris@w3.org
> Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
> Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group
> ===8<===========End of original message text===========
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Chris Lilley           mailto:chris@w3.org
> Chair, W3C SVG Working Group
> Member, W3C Technical Architecture Group