Difference between revisions of "Vector images"
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==Preservation Format== | ==Preservation Format== | ||
| − | SVG 1.1 for single-page files only | + | SVG 1.1 for single-page files only |
==Access Format== | ==Access Format== | ||
| − | + | PDF/A | |
| − | ==Normalization | + | ==Normalization tools== |
*Inkscape for SVG 1.1 | *Inkscape for SVG 1.1 | ||
| − | *Ghostscript for PDF/A | + | *Ghostscript for PDF/A |
==Comments== | ==Comments== | ||
Revision as of 18:58, 15 November 2010
Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Vector images
Significant characteristics of vector images
Preservation Format
SVG 1.1 for single-page files only
Access Format
PDF/A
Normalization tools
- Inkscape for SVG 1.1
- Ghostscript for PDF/A
Comments
- SVG is a Suggested preferred preservation format for vector graphics files, Library of Congress
- Florida digital Archive has "high confidence level" in ability to preserve SVG files with no Java script binding: FDA Recommended Data File Formats
- According to Mike Coyne, David Duce, Bob Hopgood, George Mallen, Mike Stapleton. The Significant Properties of Vector Images. JISC report, 27 November 2007, "The only non-proprietary vector graphics standards capable of being used as an archival format for 2D vector graphics at this point in time are WebCGM, SVG 1.1 and PDF/A." (p. 52)
- The SVG 1.1 standard supports single-page files only, so the format cannot be used for multi-page Adobe Illustrator files.