- From: Thomas DeWeese <Thomas.DeWeese@Kodak.com>
- Date: Sat, 05 Feb 2005 06:32:08 -0500
- To: Robin Berjon <robin.berjon@expway.fr>
- CC: www-svg@w3.org
Robin Berjon wrote:
> Thomas DeWeese wrote:
>
>> This is a feature that has been in a specification and
>> implemented by viewers for over 4 years. I think deprecation
>> needs to be reserved for features that introduce real
>> technical issues, not things that someone finds to be a
>> minor nuisance to implement.
>
> If it were just this method I would agree (or I wouldn't mind) but the
> whole SVG DOM could imho do with some heavy-duty surgery.
Then do it in a version of the spec that doesn't try to be
"upward compatible". BTW when I looked at the implementation in
Batik I noticed a feature of this method, it allows for
searching of disconnected subtrees (which could have duplicate
id's, since they aren't in the document).
Received on Saturday, 5 February 2005 11:32:10 UTC