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Significant characteristics of vector images
Preservation Format
SVG 1.1
Access Format
Normalization tools
- Inkscape for SVG 1.1
- Inkscape or Ghostscript for PDF
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)