SVG

SVG is an XML based vector image format developed by W3C which can be scaled easily without any pixelation.

What is SVG?

SVG is an XML based vector image format developed by W3C in 1999. They include paths, multimedia and text. They can be scaled easily without pixelation. SVG Tiny and SVG Basic are it's 2 mobile profiles. SVG files can be viewed on all browsers and can be edited using a text editor or using illustration software.

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SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphic. It is an XML based 2D vector graphic format with 3 components which are: paths(shapes), multimedia (bitmaps, video and audio) and text. It was developed by the W3C in 1999 and was initially released as an open standard on 4^th September, 2001.

SVG images are based on vector graphics, thus they can be easily scaled(their size can be changed) without any loss of quality. SVG uses CSS for style and Javascript for scripting. SVG graphics can be made interactive and may include animations with default XML syntax or by using Javascript. SVG images may also include links to other files or websites.

SVG also has two mobile profiles with reduced display and computational capabilities, namely, SVG Tiny for mobile devices with high restrictions, SVG Tiny doesn't include styling or scripting; and SVG Basic is for higher level mobile devices with lesser restrictions. SVG files are compressed with the industry standard gzip compression algorithm. Compressed SVG files appear with the .svgz extension.

How to open an SVG file?

SVG files can be opened in any text editor(to view or edit coding), browser(to view image) or in image editing software like Adobe Illustrator, Inkscape etc(to view or edit image).