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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal
I suspect that's one part of the OPS spec that's going to change. It's rather ridiculuous to not supoprt javascript and in a few years when portable devices are powerful enough to handle javascript, it will make absolutely no sense.
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I don't know... Is the "should not" because requiring scripting would limit the devices books could "run" on, or because the IDPF doesn't think scripting is really appropriate for book-like content? Terrible grammar aside, the OPS spec has this bit in section 2.5.1 (General Notes on SVG Usage):
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OPS supports the full SVG 1.1 Recommendation. The only exception is that since OPS is not targeting interactive content. SVG animation and scripting features are not supported and must not be used by publication authors; a Reading System should not render such content. [italics added]
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