What are the benefits of a text-based vector format for the Web?
A. SVG and XML are entirely text-based, a fact that offers many advantages to developers and users alike: An SVG image is composed of XML-based commands entered as text, which can incorporate JavaScript or XML. It’s lean, smart code. As a text-based format, text within SVG images can be indexed by search engines or searched within a browser by users. SVG can also be created on the fly by any scripting language – such as JavaScript, Perl, or Java – with data from any source from a relational database to an ASCII file, an ideal way to create high-quality charts and graphs that update dynamically and allow users to zoom, pan, or even do ad hoc reports. SVG fully supports the DOM (Document Object Model) and therefore is fully scriptable. SVG images or portions of an SVG image can react to clicks and mouse movement, triggering changes to the graphic itself or to other objects on the same page such as HTML text and other graphics. SVG works well across platforms, output resolutions, color sp
