Re: [SVG Mobile] XML events

On Wed, 25 Jan 2006, Charles McCathieNevile wrote:
> 
> Since, in practice, the group planned to limit the current scope of 
> event description to within a document to simplify implmentation for SVG 
> 1.2 tiny, and since there is no barrier to implementing a future 
> enhanced version of XML events in SVG-capable user agents, the group has 
> decided to compromise the goal of taking best advantage of the Web now 
> in order to simplify compatibility with the existing XML events 
> specification, and will therefore use the existing XML events 
> specification as it is. We believe this is exactly what you have 
> requested in your comments.

Good. Thanks.


> In order to provide the ability to use the Web at large, we will 
> therefore rely on people having to implement a successor XML Events 
> specification as well, if or when that becomes available.

This is indeed as it should be.

Cheers,
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Received on Tuesday, 24 January 2006 22:59:56 UTC