Re: <animateMotion> specification clarification

Alex Danilo:
> > The animateMotion should be applied to the parent element which in
> > that case is the <svg>. Since that's a container element all the
> > content should have the animateMotion applied. So the example is OK.

Nikolas Zimmermann:
> Hehe, now that was stupid, I should have had my coffee before
> mailing :-)
> But I'm still questioning wheter it's valid as SVGSVGElement is not
> SVGTransformable, but only SVGLocatable.
> So shall it be possible to apply transforms to SVG using SMIL
> animations, but not through <svg transform=".."

The spec does state in
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/animate.html#AnimationAttributesAndProperties
that <svg> is a valid target of <animateMotion>.  Whether it makes sense
for <svg> elements not to be transformable is something I’ve wondered
for a while.

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