Hoi,
You did create a prototype extension for this before. Was it ever reviewed ?
Thanks,
Gerard
Hey all,
Now I have more of the details sorted out, I'd like to invite feedback on
my Google Summer of Code proposed project, entitled *TranslateSvg: Bringing
the translation revolution to Wikimedia Commons *.[1]. Obviously the
deadline for submissions is rapidly closing in, but comments would still be
very welcome, either before or after that deadline.
To quote from my proposal:
TranslateSvg has the potential to revolutionise
the ability of
Wikimedia's
diverse groups of image maintainers to work
together creating and
improving
the same communal set of SVG (vector) images. At
the moment, providing
alternative translations of SVG files typically requires "forking" the
image. This drastically increases the image's maintenance burden and
thereby discourages image improvement. Where such improvement does take
place, it is seldom shared between different language versions.
TranslateSvg would completely change this suboptimal workflow by removing
the need for the image to be forked; instead, translations (provided
using
a streamlined special page) would be saved inside
the image itself, in
accordance with the SVG 1.1 specification. The file, complete with these
embedded translations, could then be displayed in either the language of
a
wiki, the user's preferred interface
language, or any given arbitrary
language. If the SVG file were to be served directly, it would helpfully
display in the user's system language where such a translation was
available, aiding reuse possibilities. When I originally raised this idea
it received the support of several Wikimedia Commons users as well as WMF
developers.
Thanks!
Harry (User:Jarry1250)
[1]
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jarry1250/GSoC_2012_application
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