1. What were the origins of the SVG language:

· Three proposals in 1998:
o Web Schematics (CCLRC in UK)
o PGML (Adobe, IBM, Sun, Netscape)
o VML (Microsoft, Macromedia, Autodesk, Visio, HP)
· SVG WG decided to use PGML as starting point
o PostScript/PDF graphics model
o As much like HTML as possible
o Web features: scriptable, animatable, hyperlinks
· Two years of discussion on various detailed issues (1998-2000)
o Top graphics experts from leading companies (Adobe, Apple, Autodesk, ILOG, Kodak, Macromedia, Microsoft, Sun, Visio, …)
o Many touch technical issue: rendering/compositing models, coordinate transforms, color systems, path syntax, which basic shapes to support, filter effects, animation, SVG fonts, …
· One more year for test suite (2000-2001)
· SVG 1.0 published Sept 4, 2001
o Virtually no spec changes since