SVG Working Group

Scalable Vector Graphics

* sXBL
* SVG Working Group
* SVG filter effects
* Precision Graphics Markup Language
* Vector Markup Language
* XHTML+MathML+SVG
* SVG animation
* Comparison of layout engines (SVG)

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The SVG Working Group is a working group created by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to address the need for an alternative to the PostScript document format. The PostScript format was unable to create scalable fonts and objects without creating files which were inordinately larger than a file which used unscalable fonts and objects.

In April 1998, the W3C received a note[1] from representatives of four corporate entities – Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape and Sun Microsystems – with regard to the Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML), an XML-based markup language.

A second note[2] was submitted came a month later from a team which included representatives of Hewlett Packard, Macromedia, Microsoft, and Visio; the note contained a draft specification for the Vector Markup Language (VML), another XML-based markup language.

As a result of both missives, the W3C convened a working group, and within six months, the group published a working draft of requirements for the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) format. This format, unlike Postscript, is optimized for the Web. It is able to describe two-dimensional graphics and graphical applications via XML.

Initial versions of the SVG specification have now been natively implemented by most modern browsers. The SVG Working Group continues to work on enhancements, which will be published as a comprehensive SVG 2.0 specification. As of September 2014, the various modules of this new specification were expected to reach Candidate Recommendation status in 2015 or early 2016.[3]

## Members

Official logo for the SVG file format

Members of the SVG Working Group include representatives from the following organizations:

* Adobe Systems Inc.
* Apple
* Open Text (BitFlash Division)
* Canon, Inc.
* ERCIM
* Ericsson
* Expway
* France Telecom
* Groupe des Écoles des Télécommunications
* Ikivo AB
* ILOG
* Inkscape
* ITEDO Software GmbH
* KDDI Corporation
* Keio University
* Microsoft
* Mozilla
* Opera Software
* Research In Motion, Ltd. (RIM)
* Sharp Corporation
* Sun Microsystems Inc.

W3C has also invited several experts to collaborate with the working group.

## Notes

1. ↑ "Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML)". W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-PGML-19980410. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
2. ↑ "Vector Markup Language (VML)". W3C. http://www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-VML-19980513. Retrieved 2014-10-11.
3. ↑ "Roadmap". W3C. http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/WG/wiki/Roadmap. Retrieved 2014-10-11.

## External links

* Official site
* SVG Charter
* SVG Roadmap
* SVG Brings Fast Vector Graphics to Web

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World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)

Products and
standards|

| Recommendations|

* ActivityPub
* ARIA
* Canonical XML
* CDF
* CSS
* DOM
* Geolocation API
* HTML (HTML5)
* ITS
* JSON-LD
* Linked Data Notifications
* MathML
* Micropub
* OWL
* PLS
* RDF
* RDF Schema
* SISR
* SKOS
* SMIL
* SOAP
* SRGS
* SRI
* SSML
* SVG
* SCXML
* SHACL
* SPARQL
* Timed text
* VoiceXML
* Web storage
* WSDL
* Webmention
* WebSub
* XForms
* XHTML
* XHTML+RDFa
* XInclude
* XLink
* XML
* XML Base
* XML Encryption
* XML Events
* XML Information Set
* XML namespace
* XML Schema
* XML Signature
* XOP
* XPath
* XPath 2.0
* XPointer
* XProc
* XQuery
* XSL
* XSL-FO
* XSLT (elements)

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Notes|

* IndieAuth
* JF2
* Post Type Discovery
* XAdES
* XHTML+SMIL
* XUP

Working drafts|

* CCXML
* CURIE
* EME
* InkML
* MSE
* RIF
* SMIL Timesheets
* sXBL
* XFDL
* XFrames
* XBL
* XMLHttpRequest

Guidelines|

* Web Content Accessibility Guidelines

Initiative|

* Multimodal Interaction Activity (MMI)
* Markup Validation Service
* Web Accessibility Initiative
* WebPlatform

Deprecated|

* C-HTML
* HDML
* JSSS
* PGML
* VML
* XHTML+MathML+SVG

Obsoleted|

* P3P

Organizations|

* Advisory Committee (AC)
* World Wide Web Foundation

Elected groups|

* Advisory Board (AB)

Working groups|

* CSS
* Geolocation
* Social Web
* SVG
* Web Hypertext Application Technology (WHATWG)
* Web Platform

Community groups|

* Web Incubator Community Group (WICG)

Closed groups|

* Device Description (DDWG)
* HTML

Software|

* CERN httpd
* Libwww

Browsers|

* Line Mode (1990–)
* Arena (1993–98)
* Agora (1994–97)
* Argo (1994–97)
* Amaya (browser/editor, 1996–2012)

Conferences|

* International World Wide Web Conference (IW3C)
* Steering Committee (IW3C2)
* First conference ("WWW1", 1994)

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