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==Preservation Format== | ==Preservation Format== | ||
| − | SVG 1.1 | + | SVG 1.1 |
==Access Format== | ==Access Format== | ||
| − | PDF | + | PDF |
==Normalization tools== | ==Normalization tools== | ||
*Inkscape for SVG 1.1 | *Inkscape for SVG 1.1 | ||
| − | *Ghostscript for PDF | + | *Inkscape or Ghostscript for PDF |
==Comments== | ==Comments== | ||
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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) | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:17, 13 February 2013
Main Page > Documentation > Format policies > Vector images
Significant characteristics of vector images[edit]
Preservation Format[edit]
SVG 1.1
Access Format[edit]
Normalization tools[edit]
- Inkscape for SVG 1.1
- Inkscape or Ghostscript for PDF
Comments[edit]
- 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)