Talk:XML - Managing Data Exchange/SVG

= Revisions =


 * Define Scalable, Vector, and Graphics in terms of web base pictures.
 * Add example of drawings lines.
 * In circle example, expand description to discuss keyword "stroke"
 * Remove blanks from code examples.
 * Remove line numbers from code examples.
 * Adjust headings, for example "Getting Started" -> "Getting started"
 * Add summary at the end of the chapter.
 * Move objectives to the top of the screen in table format.

Editorial Board Suggestions
I like your suggestions for the chapter revisions. Some of your suggestions are contained in the checklist. The checklist also explains other revisions you can use for your chapter (e.g., changing "style sheet" to "stylesheet").

Questions and Notes:


 * Example of drawing lines--do you mean lines only? The triangle shape example does illustrate use of drawing lines.
 * Two different spellings in the chapter: "standalone" and "stand-alone" (you should pick one and stay consistent with it).
 * Some code one-liners are within a box/table, and others are not. This should be consistent in the chapter.
 * The learning objectives can be more specific.
 * In comparing SVG with raster graphics, when the chapter says there are no font limitations with SVG, it seems to imply that there are font limitations with raster graphics. Quote from chapter: "Users will see the image the same way you do." This is also true for raster graphics, so what is the difference? This wasn't clear to me.
 * Is the information about the SVG Viewer incompatibility with Mozilla still the same? The chapter implies that the SVG Viewer does not work at all with Mozilla, but I'm able to use the SVG Viewer in Firefox to view SVG files (that is all I can do, though). It might be helpful to clarify/update this.
 * The chapter does a good job explaining the advantages of SVG over raster graphics, but it could go into more depth regarding SVG's advantages/disadvantages compared to Flash. The section on SVG vs. Flash doesn't clearly articulate the similarities and differences between SVG and Flash. A table with a comparison/contrast of the two might be useful. When I did a Google search on this topic, the results showed that there's a debate on whether SVG is more advantageous than Flash. Some feel that the two are best suited for different purposes; this kind of information might be interesting to include in the chapter since Flash is such a well-known vector editor among graphics/animation folks.
 * The chapter says that SVG can be viewed with sound media (via RealPlayer), but sound can not be embedded, correct? It would be nice to know this information in learning the scope of SVG's capabilities and limitations.
 * Please remember to use the checklist.

Overall, this is a very interesting chapter! I look forward to your chapter presentation.

Christinaserrano 04:08, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

Professor
This is a good chapter and the main effort is to make it even better rather than fix major problems. The chapter was written about 2 years ago and has not been updated since then so some of the material is dated (e.g., Firefox support for SVG). Check all the material to ensure it is current and specificially look at table 3.

The could be more links (eg a link to the Adobe SVG viewer)

Reformat code to author guidelines and check that it works and put comments in the code rather than referring to line numbers. We want the comments to go with the code.

Rtw 14:57, 29 March 2006 (UTC)

The examples and comment need to be proof read
Just look at the snippit below- the comment refers you to line 4- but means line 2. Notice that the “style” attribute is used to describe the presentation of the text element- not in the example given.

 The following is an example of the text element:''
 * ''== Text ==

Exhibit 2: Using text with SVG

 The element on line 4 specifies: 1) that white space within text elements will be retained, 2) the width and height of the SVG document — particularly important for specifying print output size. In this example, the text is positioned in a 5.5 inches wide by .5 inches tall image area. The “y” attribute on line 5 declares that the text element’s baseline is 15 pixels down from the top of the SVG document. An omitted “x” attribute on a text element implies an x coordinate of 0.''

''Because SVG documents use a W3C DTD, you can use the W3C Validator to validate your document. Notice that the “style” attribute is used to describe the presentation of the text element. The text could equivalently have been given a red color by use of a presentation attribute fill="red".

What is the direction that this page is taking- how does that fit into the aims of the book?

And yet this is the only place on wiki where we find instructions on how to write raw svg. Talk to me on en:wikipedia or commons.--ClemRutter (discuss • contribs) 08:43, 7 May 2015 (UTC)