Hi Alice,

I don't think the proposed changes affect the readability/meaning of the
doc so if it's more appropriate to use the terms this way, I'm fine with
the proposed suggestions.

Thanks,
Alexis

On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM Alice Russo <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Authors,
>
> We realize the content of RFC-to-be 9896 has been approved; my apologies,
> as here's a usage question that has arisen late in the process -- please
> consider whether "SVGs" (plural acronym) may be updated.  More detail:
> "SVGs" is not used in W3C documents (e.g.,
> https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/intro.html). Some may consider "SVGs" similar
> to using a file extension in plural like "JPGs" and "PNGs". However, it
> reads oddly. We note the expansion has an 's' (in 'Graphics'), while the
> acronym remains "SVG". We propose changing each instance of "SVGs", where
> the update was applied based on the intended meaning:
> A) SVG the language --> "SVG"
> B) SVG images --> "SVG drawings"
>
> Please review and let us know if you prefer to leave the document as is or
> make updates as shown in this diff file (or otherwise):
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896_proposed.html
>
> Thank you.
>
> Alice Russo
> RFC Production Center
>
> -- Current files:
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896.html
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896.pdf
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896.txt
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896.xml
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9896-rfcdiff.html (all changes from
> approved I-D)
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