- From: Dean Jackson <dean@w3.org>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 04:30:22 -0400
- To: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
- Cc: www-svg@w3.org
On Mon 18 Apr 2005, Bjoern Hoehrmann wrote: > > Dear Scalable Vector Graphics Working Group, > > In http://www.w3.org/TR/2005/WD-SVGMobile12-20050413/svgudom.html the > proposed getPresentation* methods are poorly named. The names are much > too long and inconsistent with SVG 1.1 where getPresentationAttribute > behave very different from the proposed methods, and with SVGAnimated* > interfaces which have a animVal attribute rather than presVal. Please > change the names of these operations to something much shorter and more > consistent with SVG 1.1. Possible naming would be getAnim* but that de- > pends on what value these operations return in SVG "Full" as I wrote in > another comment. > We discussed this and decided to keep the current names. We prefer descriptive names over shorter, less clear names. Also, the animVal attribute has caused a lot of confusion over the past few years. So, sorry, but we're going to reject this. Bjoern 100 - SVG WG 1 :)
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