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  <p dir="auto">Neither.<br>
You already optimized the SVGs when you added them into the templates<sup><a href="#user-content-fn-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" id="user-content-fnref-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" data-footnote-ref="" aria-describedby="footnote-label">1</a></sup>. The additional <code class="notranslate">xmlns</code> is only for increased compatibility during development.<br>
Pulling the SVGs out increases the visualizability (file thumbnails you wouldn't get when they're packed into templates) and supports the <em>separation of concerns</em> raised in the original issue.</p>
<p dir="auto">Just because <em>you</em> understand both SVG internals and layout doesn't mean every contributor should have to.<br>
By keeping them separated, layout edits don’t require SVG expertise, and SVG tweaks won’t accidentally break the layout.</p>
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<p dir="auto">see, e.g., the original <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/f9db802c7b2f8ee9582cb2c9f7196d6abafdfced/app/assets/images/new.svg">new.svg</a> <a href="#user-content-fnref-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" data-footnote-backref="" aria-label="Back to reference 1" class="data-footnote-backref">↩</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">Neither.<br>
You already optimized the SVGs when you added them into the templates<sup><a href="#user-content-fn-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" id="user-content-fnref-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" data-footnote-ref="" aria-describedby="footnote-label">1</a></sup>. The additional <code class="notranslate">xmlns</code> is only for increased compatibility during development.<br>
Pulling the SVGs out increases the visualizability (file thumbnails you wouldn't get when they're packed into templates) and supports the <em>separation of concerns</em> raised in the original issue.</p>
<p dir="auto">Just because <em>you</em> understand both SVG internals and layout doesn't mean every contributor should have to.<br>
By keeping them separated, layout edits don’t require SVG expertise, and SVG tweaks won’t accidentally break the layout.</p>
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<p dir="auto">see, e.g., the original <a href="https://github.com/openstreetmap/openstreetmap-website/blob/f9db802c7b2f8ee9582cb2c9f7196d6abafdfced/app/assets/images/new.svg">new.svg</a> <a href="#user-content-fnref-1-af796495103c981360c20fa8fc50946f" data-footnote-backref="" aria-label="Back to reference 1" class="data-footnote-backref">↩</a></p>
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