Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)

Abstract

This specification defines the features and syntax for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Version 1.1, a modularized language for describing two-dimensional vector and mixed vector/raster graphics in XML.

Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. A list of current W3C publications and the latest revision of this technical report can be found in the W3C technical reports index at http://www.w3.org/TR/.

This document is the 09 June 2011 Proposed Recommendation of the SVG 1.1 Second Edition specification. The Second Edition incorporates a number of corrections that were published as errata against the First Edition, as well as numerous other changes that help make the specification more readable and unambiguous. The Changes appendix lists all of the changes that were made since the first Last Call Working Draft publication of the Second Edition. For the changes made between the First Edition and the Second Edition Working Draft, see that document's Changes appendix.

This specification moved from Last Call phase to Proposed Recommendation phase without a Candidate Recommendation phase because of sufficient implementation experience and wide interoperability.

Comments on this Proposed Recommendation are welcome. Please note however that major corrections against the specification will be published as errata, and subsequently will be incorporated into future editions of SVG 1.1 or into SVG 2.0. Comments can be sent to www-svg@w3.org, the public email list for issues related to vector graphics on the Web. This list is archived and senders must agree to have their message publicly archived from their first posting. To subscribe send an email to www-svg-request@w3.org with the word subscribe in the subject line.

W3C Advisory Committee Members are invited to send formal review comments on this Proposed Recommendation to the W3C Team until 07 July 2011. Members of the W3C Advisory Committee will find the appropriate review form for this document by consulting their list of current WBS questionnaires.

The W3C SVG Working Group has released an expanded test suite for SVG 1.1 along with an implementation report. This test suite will continue to be updated with new tests to improve interoperability even after Recommendation phase.

This document has been produced by the W3C SVG Working Group as part of the Graphics Activity within the W3C Interaction Domain. The goals of the W3C SVG Working Group are discussed in the W3C SVG Charter. The W3C SVG Working Group maintains a public Web page, http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/, that contains further background information. The authors of this document are the SVG Working Group participants.

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Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress.

Available languages

The English version of this specification is the only normative version. However, for translations in other languages see http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/svg-updates/translations.html.

Acknowledgments

The SVG Working Group would like to thank the following people for contributing to this specification by raising issues that resulted in errata that were folded in to this document: Tavmjong Bah, Brian Birtles, Tolga Capin, Alex Danilo, Thomas DeWeese, Alexey Feldgendler, Vincent Hardy, Ian Hickson, Olaf Hoffmann, Daniel Holbert, Oliver Hunt, Anne van Kesteren, Takeshi Kurosawa, Paul Libbrecht, Robert Longson, Helder Magalhães, Robert O’Callahan, Olli Pettay, Antoine Quint, Kalle Raita, Tim Rowley, Peter Sorotokin, Henry S. Thompson, Jasper van de Gronde, Mohamed Zergaoui, Boris Zbarsky.

In addition, the SVG Working Group would like to acknowledge the contributions of the editors and authors of SVG 1.0 and SVG 1.1 (First Edition), as much of the text in this document derives from these earlier versions of the SVG specification.

Finally, the SVG Working Group would like to acknowledge the great many people outside of the SVG Working Group who help with the process of developing the SVG specifications. These people are too numerous to list individually. They include but are not limited to the early implementers of the SVG 1.0 and 1.1 languages (including viewers, authoring tools, and server-side transcoders), developers of SVG content, people who have contributed on the www-svg@w3.org and svg-developers@yahoogroups.com email lists, other Working Groups at the W3C, and the W3C Team. SVG 1.1 is truly a cooperative effort between the SVG Working Group, the rest of the W3C, and the public and benefits greatly from the pioneering work of early implementers and content developers, feedback from the public, and help from the W3C team.