SVG Files
Scalable Vector Graphics

These are some examples of SVG (Scalable Vector Graphic) files.

SVG File Characteristics:

• ASCII
• Color or black and white
• 2D
• No compression
• based on vectors (descriptions of points, lines and regions) rather than bit maps (pixels)
• multiple images (pages)
• can support animation

Reference:

1. W3C,
   Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Recommendation,
   January 14, 2003,
   http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/
2. Andrew Watt,
   Designing SVG Web Graphics,
   New Riders, 2001.

Programs to view an SVG file include:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer can display an SVG file using the Adobe SVG Viewer
• Netscape Navigator can display an SVG file using the Adobe SVG Viewer

Programs to write an SVG file include:

• MATHEMATICA includes an Export[filename,object] command that can save a graphics object as an SVG file.

Sample Files:

• lake_inkscape_curve.svg, a curved lake;
• lake_inkscape_curve_fill.svg, a curved, filled lake;
• lake_inkscape_pl.svg, a piecewise linear lake;
• lake_inkscape_pl_fill.svg, a piecewise linear filled lake;
• lines01.svg, a pair of lines;
• lines02.svg, 5 lines of different thickness;

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