User:Pointillist/sandbox/SVG
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Filename extension |
.svg, .svgz |
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Internet media type | |
Uniform Type Identifier (UTI) | public.svg-image |
UTI conformation | public.image |
Developed by | World Wide Web Consortium |
Initial release | 4 September 2001 (2001-09-04) |
Latest release | 1.1 (Second Edition) 16 August 2011; 12 years ago (2011-08-16) |
Type of format | Vector image format |
Extended from | XML |
Free format? | Yes |
Website | www |
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics that has support for interactivity and animation. The SVG specification is an open standard developed by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999.
SVG images and their behaviors are defined in XML text files. This means that they can be searched, indexed, scripted, and, if need be, compressed. As XML files, SVG images can be created and edited with any text editor, but it is often more convenient to create them with drawing programs such as Inkscape.
All major modern web browsers—including Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer 9 and 10, Google Chrome, Opera, and Safari—have at least some degree of support for SVG and can render the markup directly.