Submission request to W3C (W3C Staff Comment)
We, W3C Members Autodesk, Inc., Hewlett-Packard Company, Macromedia, Inc., Microsoft Corporation, Visio Corporation, hereby submit to the Consortium the following specification comprising the document(s) linked below:
which collectively are referred to as "the submission". We request the submission be known as the "VML" submission.
This document describes the specifications for Vector Markup Language (VML). VML is a markup language based on existing HTML capabilities which allows vector graphical information to be integrated with the text and other data typically found in HTML pages. Vector graphics are well-known for offering specific advantages over the raster formats that are currently standardized in HTML: compactness of representation and scalability. VML is an application of XML. Its format defines stateless structured semantics that not only meet the fundamental needs of rich editibility and interchange of graphical date in HTML-based authoring tools but also offers a high-level of support for hand authoring.
Autodesk, Inc. agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Autodesk, Inc. to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Autodesk, Inc. and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Autodesk, Inc. expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Autodesk, Inc. expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Hewlett-Packard Company agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Hewlett-Packard Company to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Hewlett-Packard Company and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Hewlett-Packard Company expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Hewlett-Packard Company expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Macromedia, Inc. agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Macromedia, Inc. to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Macromedia, Inc. and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Macromedia, Inc. expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Macromedia, Inc. expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Microsoft agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Microsoft to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Microsoft and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Microsoft expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Microsoft expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
Visio Corporation agrees that, upon adoption of this contribution as a W3C Recommendation, any W3C member will be able to obtain a license from Visio Corporation to implement and use the technology described in this contribution for the purposes of supporting the W3C Recommendation on a royalty-free basis. One condition of this license shall be the party's agreement to not assert patent rights against Visio Corporation and other companies for their implementation of the W3C Recommendation. Visio Corporation expressly reserves all other rights it may have in the material and subject matter of this contribution.
Visio Corporation expressly disclaims any and all warranties regarding this contribution including any warranty that this contribution does not violate the rights of others or is fit for a particular purpose.
The following are registered marks refered to in this request or the submission: n/a
The submission may distributed within the membership of the W3C free of any fee.
The submission may be distributed publicly free of any fee
The following points should be noted as regards licensable technology involved in any third party implementations of the technology specified in the submission: n/a.
We suggest that the Consortium adopt the proposal into existing work under either the Style, Presentation or new graphics work areas. Further, expect that multiple standards for the encoding of graphical, non-textual information and its later presentation may be required to me different market requirements. Ideally work on this proposal should move forward with a bias towards existing market practice, and then be followed by a longer term effort at realizing interoperability and functional scalability between different approaches to the problem if vector graphics on the Web.
To help with this work, we expect to be able to provide technical editing assistance to the Consortium.
Should any changes be required to the document, we would expect future versions to be produced by W3C process.
Inquiries from the public or press about this submission should be directed to:
(see names below)
this 13th day of May, 1998,