Bug 91237 – [Chromium] External <use> xlink:href references do not work

• Status: RESOLVED
• Resolution: WONTFIX
• Component: SVG

[Dirk Schulze]

External <use> xlink:href references do not work on Chromium. See patch and tests for WebKit on bug 12499.

[jay]

Stephen,

Please can you comment and supply a rationale explaining why this bug is marked wontfix?

As you will know, external <use> is part of the SVG specification:

the ‘use’ element can reference any local or non-local resource
http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/linking.html#processingIRI

and has been implemented by all the other major browsers.

External <use> offers accessibility, efficiency and maintenance advantages, for example:

Developing countries have limited narrow band internet connections, 
and the benefits of downloading once only are significant.[1]

People with learning disabilities or low literacy also benefit from, or may rely on similar graphics, and may be disadvantaged by this decision.

Jonathan Chetwynd
http://www.pcyberia.com

[1] 16 UK weather icons in 2kb here:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/50/Weather-icons.svg

[Stephen Chenney]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Stephen,
> 
> Please can you comment and supply a rationale explaining why this bug is marked wontfix?

There is no longer Chromium development in WebKit.
Move all discussion to:
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=229081

[jay]

fixed has a particular meaning, as I would expect you are aware.

the explanation given does not qualify, and is extremely confusing for new visitors.

please advise further.

[Stephen Chenney]

I'm not sure what you would like to happen (apart from getting the bug fixed).

This is the WebKit bug tracker, and Chromium is no longer using WebKit, so the bug will not be fixed in WebKit. Hence, WontFix.

The bug now exists in Chromium's bug tracker, where it is currently untriaged but tagged for the SVG team to look at. All you need to do is start using that forum for discussion.