It seems to me that for the sake of clean markup, if it's a closed circle or ellipse, as they are by default, Inkscape should use the Circle or Ellipse element, else it use the elliptical arc: http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/paths.html#PathDataEllipticalArcCommands
It seems to me that for the sake of clean markup, if it's a closed circle or ellipse, as they are by default, Inkscape should use the Circle or Ellipse element, else it use the elliptical arc: www.w3. org/TR/ SVG11/paths. html#PathDataEl lipticalArcComm ands
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