David Gerard wrote:
Andrew Archibald wrote:
In Wikipedia, there are a few diferent things we
might wish to do with
SVG:
* Simply store it for upload/download to provide diagrams (such as
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Thermal_reactor_diagram.png )
with accompanying source, so that they can be modified (the text
translated, for example).
Yep. Uploading a PNG is not actually providing the editable form per GFDL.
When I've uploaded a PNG I've included my email for the SVG itself should
anyone want the editable version.
(Inkscape: coolest thing ever!)
We discussed possibilities for providing the original SVG (of course these
by their nature subvert wikipedia's "security"), including: post the SVG to
the image description page (fine for handwritten SVG, but when a few
circles and rectangles come out to 30K it's not so nice), sneak the SVG
into PNG comments (can even be zipped!), or find somewhere else to post the
stuff. None were very satisfactory. Neither is providing contact
information; users have a tendency to disappear.
My diagrams are not exactly the Mona Lisa, but I can easily imagine wanting
to translate the text...
Unfortunately, it really is possible to put scripts in SVG (it was designed
to replace Flash) and someone may someday write a viewer that executes such
scripts in a trusted context, so it has been Decided that SVG uploads
should be disabled.
I'm trying to solve that problem.
Andrew