SVG2 Resolutions
This page lists all WG resolutions made for SVG2. Taken from searching the mailinglists for "resolution", currently up to here. Other relevant pages are: SVG2_Requirements_Input and SVG2_Requirements_Commitments.
Resolutions for SVG 2
A checkmark (✓) in the Actions line indicates that at least a place holder has been added to the SVG 2 specification.
Add new paint values currentFillPaint, currentStrokePaint
| Resolution | Add new paint values currentFillPaint, currentStrokePaint |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3094 (CL) |
Keep constructive geometry operations in Vector Effects and see if it's possible
| Resolution | Keep constructive geometry operations in Vector Effects and see if it's possible |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | None needed, already in the vector effects spec |
Rename stop-path to 'd' or 'path' (Coons patch syntax)
| Resolution | Rename stop-path to 'd' or 'path' (Coons patch syntax) |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3120 (TB) |
Mesh gradients are accepted by the WG for SVG 2.0
| Resolution | Mesh gradients are accepted by the WG for SVG 2.0 |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3121 (TB) |
Radial gradients with focal point on the circle
| Resolution | The spec should say that when the focal point is on the circle edge, with repeat, then the distance between the first and last stop for the repeating colors is 0 and the paint should generate a color that is the average of all the gradient stops. |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3097 (ED) |
Add an fr attribute to <radialGradient>
| Resolution | Add an fr attribute to <radialGradient> |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3098 (ED) |
SVG2 will use CSS3 definitions for text layout (whitespacing, bidi, etc) that is not specific to SVG
| Resolution | SVG2 will use CSS3 definitions for text layout (whitespacing, bidi, etc) that is not specific to SVG |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3122 (CM) |
CSS Spec dependencies
| Resolution |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ACTION-3123 (CL) |
Add a DOM method for getting glyph path data
| Resolution | We will provide a way to get glyph path data via some API |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ACTION-3124 (VH) |
SVG2 will move all events to Element, in accordance with the similar move in HTML.
| Resolution | SVG2 will move all events to Element, in accordance with the similar move in HTML. |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ACTION-3080 (CM) |
Add Catmull-Rom curves to path syntax
| Resolution | Add a Catmull Rom syntax to the path syntax with a tension parameter to control the whole curve (not per-point control) |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3085 (DS) |
Add a path rotation command
| Resolution | Add a path rotation command |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ✓ACTION-3125 (CM) |
Resolve ISSUE-2176 by introducing evt as an alias to event in event handlers
| Resolution | Resolve ISSUE-2176 by introducing evt as an alias to event in event handlers |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Seattle 2011 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ACTION-3093 (CM) |
SVG 2 will require object-fit and object-position
| Resolution | SVG 2 will require object-fit and object-position |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | ACTION-3001 (JW) |
Add z-index to SVG 2
| Resolution | We will add Jonathan Watt's z-index proposal to SVG 2 |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | ACTION-3002 (JW) |
Add text-overflow to SVG 2
| Resolution | We will add text-overflow in SVG 2 |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | ACTION-3003 (ED) |
Drop xml:space from SVG 2
| Resolution | We drop xml:space from SVG 2 and remove the relating tests from the SVG 1.1. test suite |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | ACTION-3004 (CL), ACTION-3005 (JW) |
We won't add buffered-rendering to SVG 2 unless implementor feedback indicates that it is needed
| Resolution | We won't add buffered-rendering to SVG 2 unless implementor feedback indicates that it is needed |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | No action needed for now |
SVG 2 will mandate support for SVG Tiny fonts support, and SVG Full fonts will be specified in a separate module
| Resolution | SVG 2 will mandate support for SVG Tiny fonts support, and SVG Full fonts will be specified in a separate module |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 3 |
| Actions | ACTION-3126 (ED), ACTION-3127 (CL) |
SVG 2 will mandate the support for external style sheets, style element and style attributes all with CSS syntax
| Resolution | SVG 2 will mandate the support for external style sheets, style element and style attributes all with CSS syntax |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F |
| Actions | ACTION-3128 (CL) |
Define how border and background apply to SVG
| Resolution | Define how border and background apply to SVG |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F |
| Actions | ACTION-2856 (DS) |
SVG 2 will keep viewport-fill and viewport-fill-opacity for zoom
| Resolution | SVG 2 will keep viewport-fill and viewport-fill-opacity for zoom |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F |
| Actions | ACTION-3129 (CC) |
Investigate defining the outline property for use on SVG elements
| Resolution | Investigate defining the outline property for use on SVG elements |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F |
| Actions | ACTION-2857 (DS) |
Clarify how pointer-events can hit the root svg or not
| Resolution | The svg 1.1 spec is clear that pointer events only target on graphics elements and this intuitive behaviour is widely implemented so for the inline case we will keep the same behaviour that the spec defines. |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F, ISSUE-2364 |
| Actions | ACTION-2858 (DS) |
Drop xlink prefix for href
| Resolution | Accept modified href proposal with no dropped attributes, just precedence |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Brussels 2010 F2F day 4 |
| Actions | ACTION-3118 (CL) |
We'll move to using reftests as soon as is feasible
| Resolution | We'll move to using reftests as soon as is feasible |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Mountain View 2009 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | No action needed |
We'll consider the connector proposal
| Resolution | We'll consider the connector proposal |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Mountain View 2009 F2F day 5 |
| Actions | ACTION-2681 (DS) |
Remove the restriction of tref pointing to only an SVG document fragment
| Resolution | Remove the restriction of tref pointing to only an SVG document fragment |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Mountain View 2009 F2F day 1 |
| Actions | ACTION-3130 (CM) |
Other resolutions
We will publish SVG Integration after Doug addresses feedback
| Resolution | We will publish SVG Integration after Doug addresses feedback |
|---|---|
| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions |
We will start an accessibility document for SVG
| Resolution | We will start an accessibility document for SVG |
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| Rationale | |
| Discussion | Auckland 2011 F2F day 5 |
| Actions |