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Use the term "user coordinate system" instead of "local coordinate system" #519
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If the two terms are being used synonymously then I agree only one should be used, consistently; but it is not yet clear to me that they are being used to mean the exact same thing. |
CSS Transforms spec (which is referenced by SVG 2) defines |
Since these are defined to be synonyms, and since Agenda+ to get a quick agreement check before making the edits. |
The SVG Working Group just discussed The full IRC log of that discussion<AmeliaBR> Topic: Use the term "user coordinate system" instead of "local coordinate system"<AmeliaBR> github: https://github.com//issues/519 <AmeliaBR> Amelia: Some confusing wording that affects many places. <AmeliaBR> Chris: As the original poster notes, CSS Transforms defines these terms as synonymous. So it should come down to a find and replace. <AmeliaBR> Amelia: Agree we should standardize on the phrase used in standard definitions. <AmeliaBR> Tav: Are the terms clearly defined? <AmeliaBR> Chris: yes, in CSS Transforms, which we reference. <AmeliaBR> Tav: we also might want to include the definition, so that it can be understood without following links. <AmeliaBR> Amelia: One area of possible confusion will be patterns & clipPath & so on, where you need to clearly distinguish userSpaceOnUse coordinates versus internal coordinates. Need to check that wording still makes sense after replacing. <AmeliaBR> Chris: I'll try to handle this, though probably not before republishing this week. |
* no more local coordinate system * Fix #519 local vs. user coord system * link to edits * close paren
Chapter 8 was recently edited to rely on the term "local coordinate system" instead of "user coordinate system".
Since all other chapters are relying on the term "user" rather than "local" in the context of coordinate systems and units, I would propose to revert this change for the sake of consistency. Also note the term "user" is baked into some DOM interfaces (
userSpaceOnUse
) which would be hard to change.The text was updated successfully, but these errors were encountered: