On sze, 2008-01-16 at 22:03 +0000, john cliff wrote:

if you add an attribute in the inkscape namespace such as inkscape:whateveryouwant i believe it shouldnt get lost.

I have read a bit of svg specification, and I have found what would be standard compliant. An container element (like 'g', the group) can have a <title> and a <desc> element.

I have added this to my group, and inkscape preserves it. However, inkscape also adds an additional id to the <desc> which I dont think so is permitted.

So when i copy my group, it becomes like this: <g id="g7890"> <desc id="desc9">this is my component</desc> <path id="path7884" d="M 168,215 L 397,215" style="fill:none;fill-rule:evenodd;stroke:#000000;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1" /> <text id="text7886" y="264" x="217" style="font-size:12px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;fill:#000000;fill-opacity:1;stroke:none;stroke-width:1px;stroke-linecap:butt;stroke-linejoin:miter;stroke-opacity:1;font-family:Bitstream Vera Sans" xml:space="preserve"><tspan y="264" x="217" id="tspan7888" sodipodi:role="line">component's name</tspan></text> </g>

If somebody are interested, here is a bit more information about this: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/struct.html#DescriptionAndTitleElements

I tried validate my svg document through validate.w3.org, but there are many errors, so I cant be sure if it is valide or not.

The question is: Is it permitted and desirable to attache an id tag into a title or desc element?

So which one is preferred?:

<desc>this is a description</desc>

vs.

<desc id="desc9">this is a description</desc>

And the latter is still valid svg?

Best regards, Khiraly