XMLhack SVG news http://xmlhack.com/ Developer news from the XML community en-us Edd Dumbill (mailto:webmaster@xmlhack.com) Edd Dumbill (mailto:editor@xmlhack.com) Copyright 1999-2001, xmlhack team. xmlhack http://xmlhack.com/images/mynetscape88.gif http://xmlhack.com News, opinions, tips and issues concerning XML development RealNetworks open sources SMIL 2.0 implementation http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=2020 Rob Lanphier from RealNetworks writes with news that they have released their implementation of the W3C's Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language as open source. Browsers SVG SVG 1.1, Mobile Profiles reach Recommendation status http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1872 The W3C has released the Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic as Recommendations, along with some much more exciting demos than is typical for the XML world. SVG W3C Apple uses XML for new presentation format, but shuns SVG http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1865 Tim Bray pointed to an example of the XML vocabulary for Apple's new presentation program, Keynote. He also noted that "it includes a fairly complete vector-graphics facility." This led to discussion of why Apple chose not to use SVG for vector graphics. SVG European comics in SVG http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1723 The Bibliothèque Nationale de France (BNF) has opened its SVG-powered virtual exhibition dedicated to the "Masters of European comics". SVG Community Insatiable SVG http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1658 If you think of SVG as a toy technology to draw nice pictures, wake up! SVG is invading your cell phone and this "graphical XML" might wipe out "text XML" (such as XHTML and XSL-FO), just as graphical user interfaces have wiped out text-based user interfaces. SVG Community SVG 1.1, SVG Mobile Profiles reach Candidate Recommendation http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1635 The W3C has released Candidate Recommendations of Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic along with Working Drafts of An XHTML + MathML + SVG Profile and SVG 1.1/1.2/2.0 Requirements. SVG W3C Mozilla breaks compatibility with Adobe SVG plugin http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1603 As the Mozilla browser nears its 1.0 release, recent builds have proved incompatible with Adobe's SVG plugin, according to a bug recently filed on Mozilla. SVG Tools SVG 1.1, Mobile Profiles to Last Call http://xmlhack.com/read.php?item=1548 The W3C has advanced both SVG 1.1 and Mobile SVG Profiles: SVG Tiny and SVG Basic to Last Call Working Draft status. SVG W3C