SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a family of specifications of XML-based file format for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and dynamic (interactive or animated).

The SVG specification is an open standard that has been under development by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999. SVG images and their behaviours are defined in XML text files. This means that they can be searched, indexed, scripted and, if required, compressed.

SVG is also well-suited to small and mobile devices. The SVG Basic and SVG Tiny specifications were developed with just such uses in mind and many current mobile devices support them.

Being XML files, SVG images can be edited with any text editor, but specialized SVG-based drawing programs are also available.

All major modern web browsers except Microsoft Internet Explorer support and render SVG markup directly.[2] To view SVG files in Internet Explorer (IE), users have to download and install a browser plugin.