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SVF Design Philosophy
- Web-centric.
SVF was the first vector format designed specifically for the Web,
with the initial public specification published in 1994 and presented
at the 2nd World Wide Web Conference.
- Compact.
- Streamable. An image can be displayed while the file is downloaded.
- Every graphic object can be a 1 or 2 dimensional hyperlink.
- Notifications can be used to transparently give the
user more information when moving around the image.
- XML version for integration with other web formats.
- Simple.
It's designed to be simple to create files but also simple to create a program that
can read and display everything. Many other formats are so complex that most programs
limit themselves to working with a subset of features, making the format less useful.
- Powerful.
While simple, it also contains a rich enough set of objects to be able to accurately
represent graphic information as complex as CAD drawings. Additionally, custom
user data can be added to files.
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