Hoi,
You did create a prototype extension for this before. Was it ever reviewed ?
Thanks,
Gerard
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.com/2012/01/translations-in-svg.html
On 1 April 2012 11:39, Harry Burt <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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
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