- From: Jonas Sicking <jonas@sicking.cc>
- Date: Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:31:29 -0700
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>, public-html@w3.org, www-svg <www-svg@w3.org>
On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 5:26 AM, Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com> wrote: >> 1. >> xlink:href vs. src. SVG-script uses xlink:href to link to an external >> stylesheet, vs HTML-script uses null:src. I think the best solution >> here would be to allow SVG-script to allow either xlink:href *or* src. >> We'd have to specify what to do if both are defined, I suggest we >> choose one to take priority, probably xlink:href. > > No, priority should go to the newer feature as it's what is supposed to > matter going forward, in this case src. If a user has added an src > attribute, presumably she knows what she's doing. > > I agree with Cameron that we want to drop this as an animated value, there > really isn't a valid use case for it (besides, the very idea of a processing > model for modifying script through SMIL is insane). Sounds even better. >> A bigger problem is likely to be people copying from HTML to XML-SVG. > > That is no different from people copying HTML into XHTML — it just might > break. As you say there are contrived cases in which it would parse but > cause other failures, but I don't think that this is a blocking issue. For > one, what we gain here is much more valuable than the sum total of those few > bugs. Also, unleashing SVG support in a bunch of new user agents will cause > issues with existing content anyway, of which this specific issue is > unlikely to represent even a major section. > > In general I think there's a level of breakage that can be dealt with by the > community. Some things that worked in ASV will break, but I'm pretty sure > that the community will be happy to trade a reasonable level of breakage for > better penetration. The SVG IG could also publish a document explaining the > things that content authors have to pay attention to. Agreed! / Jonas
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