File Formats

the W3C Graphics Activity statement to find out what W3C is currently doing and has already done in the area of Web Graphics, including SVG, WebCGM Profile, and PNG.

pages contain specifications for various graphics file formats; along with a number of relevant graphics utilities, information, and URLs.

This site contains information about different image formats.

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is a text-based graphics language that describes images with vector shapes, text, and embedded raster graphics.

The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile") enables simple authoring of interactive audiovisual presentations. SMIL is typically used for "rich media"/multimedia presentations which integrate streaming audio and video with images, text or any other media type. SMIL is an easy-to-learn HTML-like language, and many SMIL presentations are written using a simple text-editor.