SVG has been in development within the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1999 after six competing … See more

SVG supports interactivity, animation, and rich graphical capabilities, making it suitable for both web and print applications. SVG images can be compressed with the gzip algorithm, resulting in SVGZ files that are typicall… See more

The SVG 1.1 specification defines 14 functional areas or feature sets:
Paths Simple or compound shape outlines are drawn with curved or straight lines that can be filled in, outlined, or used as a clipping pat… See more

The use of SVG on the web was limited by the lack of support in older versions of Internet Explorer (IE). Many websites that serve SVG images also provide the images in a raster format, either automatically by HTTP… See more

As a document format, similar to HTML documents, SVG can host scripts or CSS. This is an issue when an attacker can upload a SVG file to a website, such as a profile picture, and the file is treated as a normal pict… See more