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SVG Working Group Teleconference

25 Jun 2015

Agenda

See also: IRC log

Attendees

Present
[Microsoft], ed, AmeliaBR, Thomas, stakagi, Tav, shepazu, nikos, Smailus, Rossen, bogdan
Regrets
heycam, chris_little
Chair
SV_MEETING_CHAIR
Scribe
AmeliaBR

Contents


<trackbot> Date: 25 June 2015

<Smailus> What happened to the WebEx change... is that still happening?

<shepazu> Smailus, yes

Smailus: we're on Webex, didn't realize Zakim was still working: https://mit.webex.com/mit/j.php?MTID=mff18becb94b12541dd5cab8d86361dae

<Smailus> +smailus

<scribe> Scribenick: AmeliaBR

Publishing an SVG Path Module

https://svgwg.org/specs/paths/

ed: We've extracted this from the SVG 2 spec, not much else has happened to it yet.

<ed> ed: I removed the old SVGPathSeg API from svg2 and the path module

<ed> ... and added the newly proposed API to path modules

ed: SVG 2 now only has the path commands from SVG 1.1

Tav: The changes section is missing the new path bearing command

ed: We wanted to publish this at the same time as SVG 2, I don't know if anyone else has something they want to add?

<ed> https://svgwg.org/specs/paths/#InterfaceSVGPathSegment

<ed> https://svgwg.org/specs/paths/#InterfaceSVGPathData

<ed> https://svgwg.org/specs/paths/#InterfaceSVGPathElement

AmeliaBR: I'm concerned about removing the old DOM interfaces if we don't have a replacement

Nikos: Did you add in the new proposed interfaces

<ed> ed: the replacement is in the path module

ed: Yes [See links above]

<ed> https://svgwg.org/specs/paths/#ChangesSinceSVG2 should mention the bearing command too

AmeliaBR: There are other features I would eventually like to see in the paths module, such as the superpath concept, but they don't have to be in the first iteration

<nikos> http://moissinac.github.io/SuperPath/

AmeliaBR: the benefit of a modular approach is the module can be updated separately from the rest of the SVG spec
... One thing we might want to include are the proposed DOM methods for shape to path and text to path.

shepazu: I don't know where we'd put them, but I agree with the sentiment.
... we should initiate an email thread / wiki page about whether there are any other features that we want sooner or later

ed: I don't want to delay publication to long, since we want to publish it at the same time as updated SVG 2
... so can we resolve?

RESOLUTION: We will publish a first draft of the Paths module at the same time as an updated draft of SVG 2

Sydney 2016 Face-to-Face

<ed> Houdini on 30–31 January, and CSS on 1–3 February. So it

<ed> looks to make sense to have our meeting after that.

<ed> I propose then that SVG meets 4–6 February.

ed: Shane sent us the proposal for the Houdini and CSS F2F meeting dates, SVG would be right after

<ed> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Member/w3c-svg-wg/2015AprJun/0324.html

ed: Are those dates okay with everyone?

<ed> https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/F2F/Sydney_2016

Rossen: That should be fine

shepazu: How much overlap is there? Would it make sense to meet in parallel, instead of one after the other?

Rossen: That's what I had suggested for Paris. Although I'm involved in both, I have colleagues who can attend CSS.

shepazu: But then there are also some mostly-CSS people who it would be nice to work with.

Rossen: We could maybe partly overlap, two days in parallel and one after, so that there won't be quite so many days of meetings in a row.

Tav: I do want to make sure that the SVG meetings don't get squeezed out; I don't want to travel that far just for a day or two.

Rossen: the SVg meeting wouldn't be any shorter, it would just be at the same time as CSS is meeting.

Tav: That sounds good.

Rossen: We could try to overlap two days, and have one day where there is no conflict with CSS. That way, those of us who are in both meetings can discuss any particular issues.

shepazu: Will the meetings be co-located? Or are they hosted by different groups?

Rossen: Most likely they will be the same location, so we can jump back and forth.

AmeliaBR: Should we present this to the mailing list, or make a resolution now?

Rossen: We can make a resolution, and if anyone has concerns we can change.

ed: So let's resolve on a two-day overlap. The SVG meeting would be 2-4 February.

RESOLUTION: The SVG WG will have a F2F meeting in Sydney 2-4 February 2016, co-located with and partially overlapping the CSS WG meetings.

ed: Do we have any confirmations from Mozilla about hosting the Paris F2F?

<ed> https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/F2F/Paris_2015

Update on SVG Accessibility Task Force

AmeliaBR: We're currently working on two projects, the SVG Accessibility API mappings, which will tell browsers how to treat SVG content from an ARIA perspective, and a set of new ARIA roles for graphics.
... One issue that will need to be discussed more in the SVG WG is whether use elements should be treated as a single graphical element (which is what the TF is leaning towards) or to use an embedded object/web component model (more complex)

Update Web Annotation WG

<stakagi> german

shepazu: In web annotations, we're talking about ways to define shapes or regions of a page, and the selectors will be based on SVG shapes. And of course, we will also be looking at ways to annotate SVG documents.

Bogdan: What about the proposal that new ideas should always be developed in Community Incubation Groups?

[Discussion ensues]

shepazu: I will follow up; my interpretation was very different from yours. I will look into it and try to get back to you.

Bogdan: I'm not sure if we're supposed to keep track of all SVG-related community groups, and how that gets integrated with the SVG WG.

<stakagi> bye

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Summary of Action Items

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