SVG—A New Language Specification Supporting Scalable Vector Graphics for Web Browsing[J]. Journal of Image and Graphics, 2000, 5(12): 1039. DOI: 10.11834/jig.20001212.
as a novel way of exchanging and gleaning information
the Web browser has become more and more important
From the prinmarily support for only tedious characters to the ability to display a variety of images
HTML
the basic file format for the browsing and exchanging of data from Internet/Intranet
is taking an indispensable role. As the development of Web browser
HTML
however
cannot meet the new needs and its disadvantages are becomign obvious. The first shortcoming lies in the fact that the HTML specification adopts fixed tags
which is more limited and meaningless. As a result
intelligent searching on the Internet is rather difficult. In addition
not supporting vector graphics can be another weakness of HTML. Classic Web browsers
such as Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator
simply display images downloaded from Web sites without any further processing. Meanwhile
the images bring some more shortcomings
too big file size and variable appearances among different devices
for instance. As a solution
SVG
a new image and graphic specification supporting scalable vecor graphics for Web browsing
is put forward. As a member of the XML family
SVG inherits the advantages of XML and fully supports vector graphic
image and text by means of defining extensible tags. The SVG specification is presented in this paper. The characteristics and advantages of the specification are analyzed in detail in the view of technique. A typical example is demonstrated to reinforce the specification. Finally some advice is given at the end of the paper.