[rfc-i] artwork, bitmap, SVG...

[paul.hoffman at vpnc.org (Paul Hoffman)]

On Nov 10, 2014, at 8:42 AM, Heather Flanagan (RFC Series Editor) <rse at rfc-editor.org> wrote:
> On 11/8/14 5:06 PM, Paul Hoffman wrote:
>>> The text appears to imply that bitmaps are reasonable artwork.
>>> I thought that it was going to be restricted to ascii art and svg
>>> at this time.  (Yes I realize that one can put a bitmap into an
>>> svg object.)  it might be better to remove some of the "such as
>>> a bitmap" type text.
>> Nothing yet has prohibited bitmap graphics on their own. If you
>> want to do so, please start a thread about saying this in 
>> draft-flanagan-rfc-framework. If the RSE agrees, I'll fix this 
>> document.
>> 
> 
> The intent is that in the new format world, artwork may be ASCII or
> SVG.  Support for other formats (e.g., jpg, png) are not on the
> roadmap for the project at this point.

Thank you for clarifying that. I'll remove "bitmap" from the next draft.

--Paul Hoffman