Difference between revisions of "Vector images"
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*Florida digital Archive has "high confidence level" in ability to preserve SVG files with no Java script binding: [http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm FDA Recommended Data File Formats] | *Florida digital Archive has "high confidence level" in ability to preserve SVG files with no Java script binding: [http://www.fcla.edu/digitalArchive/formatInfo.htm FDA Recommended Data File Formats] | ||
*According to [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/vector_images.pdf 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) | *According to [http://www.jisc.ac.uk/media/documents/programmes/preservation/vector_images.pdf 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. | ||
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Revision as of 14:29, 26 August 2010
Main Page > Documentation > Media type preservation plans > Vector images
Significant characteristics of vector images
Preservation Format
SVG 1.1
Access Format
PDF or PDF/A
Normalization tool
Inkscape
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.