--- In [email protected], "markdyson.13441" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This is a follow-up to a question I asked several weeks ago. > Apologies for the delay, I had medical issues. > > The question was whether SVG supported name aliases for color > definition, and I was shown there is indeed an existing list of such > named colors. I think what I'm driving at goes a bit deeper; an > example might be best. > > In the GeoSym standard, when the various attributes of a feature are > looked up and evaluated to select a final portrayal image, the color > of that image is defined by a specific name; that name has to be used > as is, or else somehow translated from GeoSym into something that SVG > can understand. Further, the same color name will refer to one of two > different RGB values, depending on whether the feature is being viewed > under day or night conditions. > > My question, my understanding of the underpinnings of SVG being as > weak as it is, can this color definition method be supported within > SVG itself, or must the colors first be translated into RGB values > externally and fed to SVG? The distinction is important because the > question is being asked by standards people, as in committee members > who are creating an ISO standard, and they want to know what a > currently-existing standard (SVG) can support if they refer to it as > an implementation option. > > Hope I've managed to convey what I'm driving at. Thanks in advance! >
It can do so indirectly via CSS. You would create a CSS style which you could call the name of the special colour and you could then put fill: rgb(whatever) or stroke: rgb(whatever) in that style You could create separate night and day stylesheets and use whichever one you wanted. That should give you want you want. Best regards Robert ------------------------------------ ----- 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/svg-developers/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> 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/
