Hey all, Now I have more of the details sorted out, I'd like to invite feedback on my Google Summer of Code proposed project, entitled *TranslateSvg: Bringing the translation revolution to Wikimedia Commons *.[1]. Obviously the deadline for submissions is rapidly closing in, but comments would still be very welcome, either before or after that deadline.
To quote from my proposal: > TranslateSvg has the potential to revolutionise the ability of Wikimedia's > diverse groups of image maintainers to work together creating and improving > the same communal set of SVG (vector) images. At the moment, providing > alternative translations of SVG files typically requires "forking" the > image. This drastically increases the image's maintenance burden and > thereby discourages image improvement. Where such improvement does take > place, it is seldom shared between different language versions. > TranslateSvg would completely change this suboptimal workflow by removing > the need for the image to be forked; instead, translations (provided using > a streamlined special page) would be saved inside the image itself, in > accordance with the SVG 1.1 specification. The file, complete with these > embedded translations, could then be displayed in either the language of a > wiki, the user's preferred interface language, or any given arbitrary > language. If the SVG file were to be served directly, it would helpfully > display in the user's system language where such a translation was > available, aiding reuse possibilities. When I originally raised this idea > it received the support of several Wikimedia Commons users as well as WMF > developers. > Thanks! Harry (User:Jarry1250) [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Jarry1250/GSoC_2012_application _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
