On Thursday, July 13, 2006, 12:08:15 AM, Chris wrote: CL> On Wednesday, July 12, 2006, 10:13:03 PM, Jean-Claude wrote:
JCM>> Hello JCM>> I've published a note about using REX, AJAX and SVG on: JCM>> http://svgmpeg4.blogspot.com/2006/06/taste-of-rex-ajax-and-svg.html JCM>> Here is the abstract: JCM>> The purpose of this note is to present my implementation of REX to JCM>> dynamically modify SVG documents with the help of XMLHttpRequest, JCM>> popularized by AJAX. CL> Interesting. I will have a look at it tomorrow. Well okay, i had a look at it today. CL> One comment: JCM>> REX is a simple XML grammar - proposed by the W3C in February 2006 JCM>> - which allows us to describe modifications that we want to bring JCM>> to an XML document: insertion, replacement or deletion of a JCM>> sub-document, and attribute's change. CL> Well, no. I'm sure there are system like that, with a small number of CL> op-codes like insert, delete, replace etc. REX is not one of them. its a CL> much more general system to transfer DOM 3 Events originating in one CL> tree, usually but not always to a copy of that tree stored somewhere CL> else. CL> If the events are mutation events then the effect of insertion and CL> deletion (or more generally, holding the second tree in synchronization CL> with the first) can be obtained. And a particular reason to note that difference is that the France Telecom patent is specific to a graphical scene representation and to a system with four op-codes (amongst other specificities which make it unlikely that it is essential to REX). I therefore find your implementation interesting but your warning to be premature. -- Chris Lilley mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Interaction Domain Leader Co-Chair, W3C SVG Working Group W3C Graphics Activity Lead Co-Chair, W3C Hypertext CG ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/1U_rlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ----- To unsubscribe send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -or- visit http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers and click "edit my membership" ---- Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
