- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 6 Apr 2006 15:37:07 +0200
- To: www-svg@w3.org
- Cc: Bjoern Hoehrmann <derhoermi@gmx.net>
Hello www-svg, > My issue is concerned with requirements for vendor-defined features, You asked, however, about vendor-defined properties and vendor-defined presentation attributes. Therefore, that is what we responded about. > not with requirements for author-defined features. Something in the content - you gave several examples - is in CSS terms from the author. It is not from the user agent and it is not from the user; it is from the author. Given that your question was about presentation attributes, and their corresponding properties as defined in the specification, that is why we used these terms with their regular CSS-defined meanings > It is not clear to me why > the Working Group would insist on obfuscating the issue Please calm down. "insist on obfuscating" is needlessly confrontational. You could assume good faith, as we do with your comments. > I've raised by > continued discussion of what authors can or cannot define. What authors > can or cannot define is irrelevant to the issue I've raised. Very well. Please define your issue clearly and concisely, ideally in a different thread and with an accurate subject line. > I explained this issue in detail and proposed changes that would > address my concern. In general, you correctly complain if the specification does not use the correct terms, or use defined terms. Likewise, we can only discuss your issues if you use the correct terms in accordance with their definitions. If you phrase your question in terms of vendor defined presentation attributes (see subject line), that is what we will answer about. If you talk of vendor-defined properties, then again that is what we will discuss. If you are talking of the sources of formatting information, which are (per CSS2) author, user, and user-agent style-sheets then we will couch our answer in those terms using those definitions. Your explanation was insufficiently detailed, used terms incorrectly, and was vague on several points; we requested clarification on those points and you refused to answer. However, rather than assuming that you are deliberately obfuscating the issue, we invite you to raise whatever your actual issue is with vendor-defined features. -- Chris Lilley mailto:chris@w3.org Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG
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