From <http://libregraphicsworld.org/blog/entry/gradient-meshes-and-hatching-to-be-removed-from-svg-2-0>: Essentially, we have arrived to the point where development of a major vector graphics file format for the Web is shaped by inactivity of Mozilla and Google, while Microsoft and W3C do the real work, a developer of one design tool [Inkscape] contributes a lot, but has no say in what goes into the standard, and a vendor [Adobe] of another design tool is taking a wait-and-see stance. By the way, it appears Alexandre Prokoudine has given up the battle with spammers, and has turned off all posting of new comments on his blog.