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SVG: The Past, Present and Future of Vector Graphics for the Web. Patrick Dengler Senior Program Manager, Internet Explorer Team Member, W3C SVG Working Group patd@microsoft.com Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact and Editor for SVG and WebApps Working Groups. Agenda.
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SVG: The Past, Present and Future of Vector Graphics for the Web Patrick Dengler Senior Program Manager, Internet Explorer Team Member, W3C SVG Working Group patd@microsoft.com Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact and Editor for SVG and WebApps Working Groups
Agenda • A Brief History of SVG • Presentation by Doug Shepers • Key SVG Scenarios and Demonstrations • An Overview of Support for SVG in IE9 and Internet Explorer Platform Preview • Core Concepts / Elements • Call to Action!
History • SVG Full 1.1 2ndEdition for Desktop Browsers • SVG Basic Targeted Originally for PDA’s • SVG Tiny Targeted Originally for Phones We are Here 1998 Microsoft Submits VML to W3C 2003 SVG 1.1 Recommended 2010 IE Rejoins the SVG WG 2001 SVG 1.0 Recommended Internet Explorer Platform Preview Released with SVG Adobe SVG Plug-In for IE Browser Vendors Begin to Implement SVG in Stages
HTML/SVG/CSS Convergence Animations Transitions Transforms Video/ Audio Web Fonts SVG Fonts Filter Effects
A Tour of SVG Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact and Editor for SVG and WebApps Working Groups Web Based Slides Available at http://www.w3.org/2010/Talks/03-schepers-mix
Key SVG Scenarios • SVG Scenarios • Engineering Documents • Used in a lot of our enterprise customer shops • Recommended -> required by Governmental Institutions • Graphs / Charts / Maps • Removes load from server to produce high fidelity graphics • Supports end user interactivity and Ajax style data updates • Currently used on Google and Bing • Media and Graphics • CSS or background images • Posters (great for printing) • JavaScript-animated Graphics • Gaming
Getting Started: Embedding Methods by which SVG can be embedded in a browser IE9 Developer Preview Support • The SVG in HTML5 embedding method without using foreign object (i.e. just create an <svg> tag in your HTML file) • SVG as a full document type (with .SVG extension) • SVG in XHTML (similar to that of HTML, only with XHTML files) • SVG using <object> Support in IE9 • <iFrame>, <embed> • As <img> or css-image • .SVGZ <objectdata="rect2.svg" width="100%“ height="400px" type="image/svg+xml" >
What’s coming in Internet Explorer Platform Preview • What’s Coming Next • Gradients • Clipping / Masking / Compositing • Linking and Views • Remainder of Text, Transformations, Color, Interactivity/Events
Call to Action! • Let’s Get Going! • Download the Internet Explorer 9 Platform preview vwww.IETestDrive.com • Visit W3Schools (for initial learning) • Build your own SVG and share with the community • Join my Facebook group (SVG in Internet Explorer) • Make modifications to Open Source Frameworks to Allow for SVG (instead of VML) • Help us make sure we are interoperable by reporting any divergences
Download the Internet Explorer 9 Platform preview www.IETestDrive.com Meet the team in the Internet Explorer Lounge located in The Commons! Keep up on the latest http://blogs.msdn.com/ie
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