- From: Chris Lilley <chris@w3.org>
- Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2012 15:51:27 +0200
- To: Cameron McCormack <cam@mcc.id.au>
- CC: SVG public list <www-svg@w3.org>
On Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 6:45:59 AM, Cameron wrote: CM> I am not sure if we have resolved exactly how we will handle the XLink CM> deprecation. If we have, please feel free to remind me what we decided. :) http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Href CM> But I propose we: CM> * remove xlink:actuate, xlink:type, xlink:role, xlink:arcrole and CM> xlink:title altogether Yes CM> * change xlink:href to href for: <a>, <altGlyph>, the animation CM> elements, <color-profile>, <filter>, <font-face-uri>, <glyphRef>, CM> gradient elements, <mpath>, <pattern>, <textPath>, <tref> and <use> Yes (I already made that change for color-profile yesterday. Note though that @color-profile uses src; maybe color-profile should as well). CM> * change xlink:href to src for: <cursor>, <feImage>, <image> and <script> yes CM> * change xlink:show to target on <a>, and not allow it on any other element ok CM> * make the new attributes take precedence over the old ones, in case CM> both are specified Yes (see above link) CM> And for the moment, until we decide what to do with our more general DOM CM> improvements: CM> * have the "href" IDL attributes reflect xlink:href or href or src as CM> appropriate (per the precedence rule above) as an SVGAnimatedLength CM> * introduce an CM> attribute DOMString src; CM> on the interfaces for <cursor>, <feImage>, <image> and <script> and have CM> it just reflect the base value. -- Chris Lilley Technical Director, Interaction Domain W3C Graphics Activity Lead, Fonts Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG Member, CSS, WebFonts, SVG Working Groups
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