What Are Scalable Vector Graphics?
Scalable Vector Graphics ( SVG ) is a graphics format based on Extensible Markup Language (XML) for describing two-dimensional vector graphics. SVG was developed by the W3C and is an open standard.
- SVG started development in 1999 by a group of companies that joined the W3C, and was previously submitted to the W3C in 1998 (PGML,
- SVG mainly supports the following display objects:
- Vector display objects. Basic vector display objects include rectangles, circles, ellipses, polygons, lines, arbitrary curves, etc.
- Embedded external images, including
- On September 4, 2001, SVG 1.0 was released.
- On January 4, 2003, SVG 1.1 was released.
- On January 14, 2003, SVG mobile sub-versions were launched: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic.
- On December 22, 2008, SVG Tiny 1.2 was released.
- On August 16, 2011, SVG 1.1 (version 2) was released, becoming the currently recommended standard for the W3C.
- The W3C is still working on SVG 2.