Svg Format File Type. The primary use of svg files are for sharing graphics contents on the internet. Svg, eps, ai, and pdf are examples of vector image file types.
Svg is an open standard from the world wide web consortium (w3c). The word scalable refers to the fact that the svg can be scaled to different sizes without losing any quality. Unlike raster formats seen in jpg, gif, and png, an svg image remains crisp and clear at any resolution or size.
Instead, they use ‘vector’ data.
Svg files are suitable for that because the xml base allows svg files to be searched, indexed, compressed, and scripted. Svg is a vector format (for both static and animated graphics) based on the xml markup language, and was developed as an open standard by the world wide wide consortium. Jpeg (joint photographic experts group) jpeg is the most common format used by digital cameras and images living on the world wide web. Vector graphic shapes (e.g., paths consisting of straight lines and curves), raster graphics (raster images), and text.
