Re: SVG12: getPresentation* naming

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 :)

Received on Friday, 20 May 2005 08:30:27 UTC