[SVGMobile12] <length> unit

Currently SVG 1.2 uses a <length> type.

This type is defined so as to be the same as a <number> for all cases 
except two attributes on the root-most <svg> element.

<number> is not a valid <length> in CSS.

Please change the SVG spec so that the attributes that allow only <number> 
are clearly stated as allowing only <number>, and the attributes that 
allow both <number> and the CSS <length> type are clearly labelled as 
accepting both. Then, please clearly define <length> in a manner identical 
to the CSS definition (unit not optional), so that the term does not 
change meaning across different W3C specifications.

Similarly, please define <coordinate> in terms of <number>, not <length>, 
since none of the cases that allow <coordinate> actually allow anything 
other than <number>.

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Received on Friday, 20 May 2005 12:21:30 UTC