Thanks for doing all this detective work! Alexis On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 4:46 PM Martin J. Dürst <due...@it.aoyama.ac.jp> wrote:
> I sent a short mail to Chris Lilley, who is (was?) responsible for SVG > at W3C. I hope I'll get an answer soon. > > Regards, Martin. > > On 2025-06-17 07:58, Paul Hoffman wrote: > > On Jun 16, 2025, at 15:43, Rob Sayre <say...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> Sorry to be a pain. > > > > And yet you do it so often! :-) > > > >> The reference for SVG is still wrong, because the title of the new URL > is not "About SVG". This issue is editorial, so fix it when it's convenient. > >> > >> Current: > >> > >> [ABOUT-SVG] > >> W3C, "About SVG", n.d., > >> <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ [w3.org]>. > >> > >> Possible fix 1: > >> > >> [SVG] > >> W3C, "W3C SVG Working Group", n.d., > >> <https://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/ [w3.org]>. > >> > >> Possible fix 2: > >> > >> [SVG] > >> W3C, "Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG)", n.d., > >> <https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/ [w3.org]>. > >> > >> I prefer fix #2, but it's not a big deal. > > > > Gaaaah, this is, unfortunately, a very good point. When there is a > reference to a web page, what is the title used in the reference listing? > > > > - The thing in the <title> tag, if it exists (Possible fix #1 above) > > - The obvious title-looking thing visible on the page (Possible fix #2 > above) > > > > The current text in the current document is quite probably wrong because > it doesn't even appear in a title-y thing on the page. > > > > My sense is "The thing in the <title> tag, if it exists" because it is > fact-based and not open for interpretation. However, some sites will mess > this up badly, such as putting in some extraneous SEO text. It would be > good to have a rule like "The thing in the <title> tag, if it exists, or > something better if it doesn't exist or they site creator has messed this > up". > > > > --Paul Hoffman > > > > -- > Prof. Dr.sc. Martin J. Dürst > Department of Intelligent Information Technology > College of Science and Engineering > Aoyama Gakuin University > Fuchinobe 5-1-10, Chuo-ku, Sagamihara > 252-5258 Japan > >
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