Talk:SVG

Hear ye! Excel .xlsx spreadsheets that automatically generate XML code for .SVG charts/graphs

File:20241229 Using concatenate function in spreadsheet to create SVG code - demo.svg

In addition to manually entering code and using vector graphics editors, users can use spreadsheet programs' concatenate function to join numeric cell values and text strings in series, to generate full SVG declarations.

Supplemental: The above-listed spreadsheets use spreadsheet programs' concatenate function to automatically form files including SVG declarations. —RCraig09 (talk) 04:48, 8 January 2025 (UTC)

Inline SVG and Applications

I wish to add (or get someone else to add) a section on inline SVG, and its usage for application interfaces, so I'm just testing the water to see if anyone objects. This usage differs from "SVG files" in two main ways: firstly, inline SVG (i.e. embedded in an HTML document) allows HTML elements and SVG elements to be combined to produce a richer UI, sharing CSS and event handling (e.g. see SVG-FTG), and secondly the security risks associated with "SVG files" (i.e. being accidentally treated as image files when they're really document files) is not applicable to inline SVG because you're already using a document.TonyP (talk) 19:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Inline SVG is explicitly permitted by the HTML5 standard, but since the Template:Tag tags are not whitelisted by the MediaWiki software, we can't do this on Wikipedia. --Redrose64 🌹 (talk) 20:40, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

I'm not sure I follow that logic. That usage of SVG, and its contrast with "SVG files" (a ubiquitous view that is still holding back the technology), can be described without having to include an explicit tag. Examples can be cited rather than included if necessary. I'm not being argumentative; I just don't get your point.TonyP (talk) 11:36, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Requested move 18 November 2022

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The result of the move request was: Page moved. (closed by non-admin page mover) Judekkan (talk) 13:54, 25 November 2022 (UTC)

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Scalable Vector Graphics → Template:No redirect – Per MOS:ACROTITLE, SVG is the most WP:COMMONNAME for the subject and not commonly associated with a different subject. PhotographyEdits (talk) 12:55, 18 November 2022 (UTC)

• Support. SVG is indeed the usual name. --Zundark (talk) 20:29, 18 November 2022 (UTC)
• Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 21:48, 19 November 2022 (UTC)
• Mild support: Articles exist for Portable Network Graphics, JPEG, BMP file format, XML, GIF, TIFF, MP3, PDF, Raw audio format, IMG (file format). The tendency seems to be to use the abbreviation—unless the longer term is needed for disambiguation. —RCraig09 (talk) 02:09, 20 November 2022 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

Question about the origin of SVG

Adobe claimed Dutch software engineer Martijn Koster first proposed the SVG file format in 1994. [1] Does it right? -- Great Brightstar (talk) 06:40, 16 May 2025 (UTC)