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[Peter Schober <peter.schober AT univie.ac.at>]

* Ian Young <ian AT iay.org.uk> [2020-03-10 19:00]:
> > On 2020-03-10, at 17:37, Peter Schober <peter.schober AT univie.ac.at> wrote:
> > Do we need an amendment of the MDUI spec before we start
> > allowing/promoting/demanding SVG logos at scale?
> 
> I don't think there's anything in the MDUI spec that precludes the
> use of SVG.

I was specifically referring to the RFC 2119-SHOULD for PNG (or GIF):

> In order to facilitate the usage of logos within a user interface,
> logos SHOULD: [...]
> use PNG, or GIF (less preferred), images

I don't violate those requirements without good reason, as one, ehm, SHOULD. 
;)

> Seem as if use of SVG would be a question for national and/or eduGAIN 
> profiles.

By us all agreeing that the SHOULD from the spec should be ignored?

It's the most likely outcome, sure, given that MDUI was only recently
promoted to full OASIS Standard.

-peter