>>>>> "PM" == Pedro Morais <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
PM> On the document on http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/WD-SVG2Reqs-20010803,
PM> at 4.2 (Graphical Features) 10. (Parametized Elements), does this
PM> mean that you can have a symbol to which you can pass a parameter,
PM> like text or a URI?
I don't think this is what is meant by this. I think this is
intended to get at things like: Rectangle 1 should be at all times as
tall as Rectangle 2, or The top of rectangle A should meet the bottom
of Rectangle B.
The concept of Parameterized drawing is used very heavily by a
number of CAD packages. It makes the document much better at
handling/responding to changes (like for animation), and certain types
of scaling, etc.
I believe there are proposals to allow for XPath stuff which might
allow you to do the above. Others please comment here :)
PM> I'll give a concrete example: on the process of modeling business
PM> processes, I've defined some symbols. However, those were not
PM> complete by themselves, they needed a label, which difered on each
PM> use of the symbol.
PM> I've ended up overlaying the label over the symbol, which kinda
PM> broke the abstraction of the symbol.
PM> Is this feature mean to be used this way?
Probably not :(
But I would think that doing something like:
<g id="Decision 1">
<use xlink:href="#ifBlock">
<text ...>Press the History Eraser Button?</text>
</g>
Would keep most of the semantics. Your symbol is now just one
element of the group that represents the decision to be made.
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