SVG Scalable Vector Graphics

It's text based (XML actually), it's an open standard, it can be created dynamically, it's graphics, it's text, it's interactive, it's zoomable, it's animated, it's ready to replace Flash. It's SVG.

I'm hoping to put up some example code and some more links, stay tuned.

MIME type

image/svg+xml

examples

• draw a red circle, (source)
• make a circle move, (source)
• make a circle grow, (source)
• grow and thicken, (source)
• move rectangle, grow text, (source)
• grow text with mouse over
• grown and shrink text, (source)
• countdown, (source)
• valentine message, (source)

links

• Adobe Tutorials
• FAQ
• browser plugin (free)
• W3C.org SVG Overview and specification
• SMIL Animation

notes

• the Adobe plug-in only works with Netscape 4.77 and below. for version 6 and 7 the best option is probably to install a separate viewer and use that as a helper application.

j.andrea
begun: nov.16/2000 updated: aug.6/2002