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Precision Graphics Markup Language

Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML) is an XML-based language for representing vector graphics. It was a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) submission by Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, that was not adopted as a recommendation. PGML is a 2D graphical format, offering precision for graphic artists, guaranteeing that the design created will appear in end user systems with the correct formatting, layout and the precision of color.

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PGML
Precision Graphics Markup Language
AbbreviationPGML
StatusRetired
First published10 April 1998 (1998-04-10)1
OrganizationWorld Wide Web Consortium
Authors
  • Nabeel Al-Shamma1
  • Robert Ayers1
  • Richard Cohn1
  • Jon Ferraiolo1
  • Martin Newell1
  • Roger K. de Bry1
  • Kevin McCluskey1
  • Jerry Evans1
Base standards
Domain2D graphics language
Websitewww.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-PGML

Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML) is an XML-based language for representing vector graphics. It was a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) submission by Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, that was not adopted as a recommendation. PGML is a 2D graphical format, offering precision for graphic artists, guaranteeing that the design created will appear in end user systems with the correct formatting, layout and the precision of color.

PGML and Vector Markup Language, another XML-based vector graphics language W3C submission supported by Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Macromedia, Microsoft, and Visio Corporation, were later joined and improved upon to create Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

Applications

The ArgoUML CASE tool is able to export UML diagrams in PGML.

See also

See also

References

References

  1. Al-Shamma, Nabeel; Ayers, Robert; Cohn, Richard; Ferraiolo, Jon; Newell, Martin; de Bry, Roger K.; McCluskey, Kevin; Evans, Jerry (1998-04-10). "Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML)". W3C. Retrieved 2021-04-04.
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