[oats-sig] mulberry: fruit & vegetable topic icons &....

>>I used <symbol> and <use> and nested <SVG>

On 13/05/2008, Jonathan Chetwynd <j.chetwynd at btinternet.com> wrote:
> >>I used <symbol> and <use> and nested <SVG>
> is this meant to be offlist?

Whoops no sorry. Back on list.

> would it be possible to publish the Mulberry SVGs in this format?
> and originate the category icons, where feasible?

I'm still not completely clear:
a) where would they be used?
b) how would they be used?
c) who would use them?

I see the need for categories in selecting icons, and that's done by
tags and search on straight-street (though it shows bitmapped
thumbnails) . However the symbols are not immediately available for
direct use either interactively or in other applications as they have
to be downloaded and unzipped (as does SVGZ).

I'm toying with the idea of a RESTful web API for getting the SVG
symbols and possibly collections as you suggest. Given good SVG
support in the browser this should be achievable using <a> and <use>
with non-local URI references (say).

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