In light of "....our goal of adopting some SVG 2 support." which will be discussing how Inkscape uses SVG 2, maybe we should re-think where to put such a new page.
I had the impression we were thinking about having it in the Develop menu, because mostly developers would be interested. But I was still thinking it should go in Learn, because it would not be strictly limited to interest by developers.
But if it will also include info about how Inkscape uses SVG 2 (in the future) maybe that will help determine where it should go?
Meanwhile, I started my search for more websites about this, or other resources, and may have solved the mystery of how this Learn SVG website got to be on the Books and Manuals page....or at least shed a lot of light on it. When searching "learn svg" the first result is that site. However, the text that's shown in the description of my DDG search:
"A site for the book Learn SVG: The Web Graphics Standard, which is a beginner-level book presented in a workbook-like format, covering the main aspects of SVG. Includes examples and tutorials."
must come from either a previous incarnation of that site, or some hidden source. I don't really understand much about how search engines work, but I thought they took the first couple of lines of text from the home page, for the description. In this case, I can't find the description anywhere on that site. But apparently, the site either used to, or was originally intended, to promote this book.
The first mention of any book, that I can find, is https://www.microsoft.com/learning/en-us/book.aspx?ID=15525. But I don't think that's the book that was supposed to be (or somehow is) promoted, because it's not a workbook. Anyway, if we can find this book, it certainly should be listed on Books and Manuals page!
And where to start this new page about SVG should probably be decided, before we start (or else we'll have to go through the same routine with changing text links at the last minute, as we did with the recent new pages).
Should we plan on a whole new main menu item "SVG" with so far, 2 pages -- 1 about learning how to write SVG, and 1 about how Inkscape uses SVG. Or should it be Learn SVG page in Learn menu, and put info about how Inkscape uses SVG 2 in News? Or some other arrangement?
Thanks, brynn
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...84...> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 2:03 AM To: "Brynn" <brynn@...78...> Cc: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...2...>; "Inkscape-Docs" inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] where does this belong? ("advanced" SVG coding)
On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 01:50:31AM -0700, Brynn wrote:
I'll be sure to keep an eye on those, along with the others on the Around the Internet page (the outside "galleries" page), Community (forums), as well as Tutorials, if that page ever gets going. (And maybe 1 or 2 in the new FAQ.)
Bryce, when you say "....our goal of adopting some SVG 2 support." do you mean using SVG 2 on the website, or do you mean reporting about how Inkscape implements SVG 2?
The former would be spiffy, but what I meant was the latter.
And more specifically, as SVG 2 is still muchly a work in progress, the website could serve a good purpose by providing links to SVG 2 references and examples, and explaining work needed in inkscape to implement the same. This is an area Tav is very passionate about, and he might be able to supply you with a lot of information.
Thanks for explaining. My brains starts to glaze over when the subject of 'specifications' comes up 8-)
I know. :-) They're quite important though!
Bryce
brynn
From: "Bryce Harrington" <bryce@...84...> Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2015 1:05 AM To: "Martin Owens" <doctormo@...2...> Cc: "Brynn" <brynn@...78...>; "Inkscape-Docs" inkscape-docs@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: Re: [Inkscape-docs] where does this belong? ("advanced" SVG coding)
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 06:53:05PM -0500, Martin Owens wrote:
On Mon, 2015-02-23 at 15:09 -0700, Brynn wrote:
We don't have an SVG section for developers that I know about. And the other links I have are just 2 or 3. But maybe starting a page would inspire some developers to fill it in?
This sounds like the best course of action Brynn. Even a semi-good page is better than no page and we can evolve it from there.
This should fit in well with our goal of adopting some SVG 2 support.
One thing to keep in mind though is ensuring the page gets proper maintenance going forward; technical stuff bitrots quickly on the web, and 3rd party links especially.
Bryce