[Accessibility] SVG: embed proper Names as text

[Jonathan Chetwynd]

http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Talk:OSM_XML

I raised this issue in 2005 and afaict there has been no progress.

openstreetmap provides data through for instance Mapnik in SVG format.
Scalable Vector Graphics is a web technology and standard now well  
supported in browsers.

Current output is not searchable, see link for example.

This has significant implications for accessibility, interoperability  
and searchability.

XSLT is another browser-native technology that may be used to  
transform XML to for instance SVG,
or might for instance be leveraged in the browser to provide a  
gazetteer of place names.

please advise who else might help openstreetmap incorporate place  
names in SVG output dissemination.

regards

Jonathan Chetwynd
http://www.peepo.com