Will vector graphics finally make it on the Web?

Author

Vaughan-Nichols, Steven J.

Volume

34

Issue

12

fYear

2001

fDate

12/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

22

Lastpage

24

Abstract

Multimedia technology is an increasingly important part of the Web. Because of this, multimedia vendors are always looking for a competitive edge, as well as a better way to present content. And now, these vendors are looking closely at an important technology: scalable vector graphics (SVG). Currently, the Web mainly runs on bitmap-image formats like GIF (graphics interchange format), PNG (portable network graphics), and JPEG (designed by the Joint Photographic Experts Group). However, bitmap files can run large, even with data compression, and don´t scale well. Vector-graphic formats don´t experience these problems but never caught on because the technology consists of incompatible proprietary standards. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), though, may have eliminated this concern recently when it released an open SVG standard with broad industry support

Keywords

Internet; computer graphics; multimedia computing; software standards; Web; multimedia; open standard; scalable vector graphics; Bandwidth; Cascading style sheets; Engines; Graphics; Image resolution; Image storage; Java; Programming profession; Rendering (computer graphics); XML;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0018-9162

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/2.970549

Filename

970549