The web-native vector graphics format, XML-based and increasingly the technical illustration format of choice alongside or instead of CGM. SVG is vector graphics expressed as XML, which means illustrations can be inspected, validated and transformed with the same tools as the content around them.

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Q: What does SVG stand for?

SVG stands for Scalable Vector Graphics. The web-native vector graphics format, XML-based and increasingly the technical illustration format of choice alongside or instead of CGM.

The web-native vector graphics format, XML-based and increasingly the technical illustration format of choice alongside or instead of CGM.

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What SVG Means

SVG stands for

Scalable Vector Graphics

SVG is vector graphics expressed as XML, which means illustrations can be inspected, validated and transformed with the same tools as the content around them.

S1000D Issue 6 introduced an SVG profile for technical illustration, which is the clearest signal of direction: new work increasingly starts in SVG while substantial CGM libraries remain in service.

Also written: scalable vector graphics

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Related Terms

CGM

The vector graphics standard technical illustration standardized on decades before SVG, still carrying hotspot data in aerospace libraries.

XML

The markup format underneath most modern documentation standards, where structure is explicit and can be validated against a schema.

IETM

A technical manual designed to be used on a screen, with navigation, search, applicability filtering and interactive behavior rather than pages.

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