XMLhack SVG newsDeveloper news from the XML communitySVG 1.1, Mobile Profiles reach Recommendation status- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The W3C has released the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic as Recommendations, along with some much more exciting demos than is typical for the XML world.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1872 Apple uses XML for new presentation format, but shuns SVG- (Found July 8, 2008 ) Tim Bray pointed to an example of the XML vocabulary for Apple's new presentation program, Keynote. He also noted that "it includes a fairly complete vector-graphics facility." This led to discussion of why Apple chose not to use SVG for vector graphics.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1865 European comics in SVG- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The Bibliothque Nationale de France (BNF) has opened its SVG-powered virtual exhibition dedicated to the "Masters of European comics".http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1723 Insatiable SVG- (Found July 8, 2008 ) If you think of SVG as a toy technology to draw nice pictures, wake up! SVG is invading your cell phone and this "graphical XML" might wipe out "text XML" (such as XHTML and XSL-FO), just as graphical user interfaces have wiped out text-based user interfaces.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1658 SVG 1.1, SVG Mobile Profiles reach Candidate Recommendation- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The W3C has released Candidate Recommendations of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic along with Working Drafts of An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile and SVG 1.11.22.0 Requirements.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1635 Mozilla breaks compatibility with Adobe SVG plugin- (Found July 8, 2008 ) As the Mozilla browser nears its 1.0 release, recent builds have proved incompatible with Adobe's SVG plugin, according to a bug recently filed on Mozilla.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1603 SVG 1.1, Mobile Profiles to Last Call- (Found July 8, 2008 ) The W3C has advanced both SVG 1.1 and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic to Last Call Working Draft status.http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1548 |