Date: Apr. 12, 2002
Link: http://webreference.com/xml/column51/
Source Author or Organization: Michael Claßen, WebReference.com

This article gives an overview of the scope, main feature set (including what's new for the current version) and graphic object types of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). It then looks at two recently released W3C Working Drafts in Last call for the SVG standard.

The reconstitution of SVG as a collection of interoperable modules that each provide specific functionality is explained, followed by a description of SVG's interactions with and support for XHTML, CSS, XSL and other W3C standards.

Next SVG Tiny (SVGT) and SVG Basic (SVGB), which comprise Mobile SVG, are compared element by element. The article ends with with a mention of Adobe's significant support of SVG and campaign for native browser support in the company's effort to unseat Flash.