SVG

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics. SVG is essentially to graphics what HTML is to text.

SVG is similar to Adobe's proprietary Flash technology, but it is a text-based open Web standard instead of a closed binary format. It is explicitly designed to work with other web standards such as CSS, DOM, and SMIL.

Documentation

SVG element reference

Details about each SVG element.

SVG attribute reference

Details about each SVG attribute.

SVG DOM interface reference

Details about the SVG DOM API, for interaction with JavaScript.

Applying SVG effects to HTML content

SVG works together with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Use SVG to enhance a regular HTML page or web application.

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Examples

• Google Maps (route overlay) & Docs (spreadsheet charting)
• SVG bubble menus
• SVG authoring guidelines
• An overview of the Mozilla SVG Project
• Frequently asked questions regarding SVG and Mozilla
• Slides and demos from talk on SVG and Mozilla at SVG Open 2009
• SVG as an image
• SVG animation with SMIL
• SVG art gallery
• More samples (carto.net)

Animation and interactions

Like HTML, SVG has a document model (DOM) and events, and is accessible from JavaScript. This allows developers to create rich animations and interactive images.

• Some real eye-candy SVG at svg-wow.org
• Firefox extension (Grafox) to add a subset of SMIL animation support
• Interactive photos manipulation
• HTML transformations using SVG's foreignObject

Mapping, charting, games & 3D experiments

While a little SVG can go a long way to enhanced web content, here are some examples of heavy SVG usage.

• Tetris
• Connect 4
• US population map
• 3D box & 3D boxes
• jVectorMap (interactive maps for data visualization)
• JointJS (JavaScript diagramming library)