[LV2] [LAD] Feature request: icons

Alexandros Theodotou alex at zrythm.org
Thu Mar 18 15:09:31 PDT 2021


On Thu, 2021-03-18 at 14:35 -0400, David Robillard wrote:
> 
> Okay.   Nothing in any of the vocabularies we already use, so...
> should
> we just invent lv2:icon?  Something like
> 
> lv2:icon
>    a rdf:Property , owl:ObjectProperty
>    rdfs:comment """An icon to display for the subject.
> 
> This property should be a URI to some loadable image file.  it is
> recommended to provide an SVG icon with extension ".svg" which is
> relatively simple and can be displayed for any reasonable common icon
> size.  Several icons in different formats and sizes can also be
> provided.  It is assumed that the icon files are self-descriptive
> enough that applications can select a preferred icon from several
> alternatives, there is no vocabulary for specifying sizes or formats.
> """ .
> 
> This seems like it could be extended to support any of the fancier
> things that have come up in this thread so far, I don't see anything
> troublesome about it.
> 
> ?

LGTM. I also like the fact that this is generic so it can be applied to
various things (like presets or ports) if you want.

--
Alex



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