SVG is a platform for two-dimensional graphics. It has two parts: an XML-based file format and a programming API for graphical applications. Just to enumerate some of the key features: shapes, text and embedded raster graphics with many painting styles, scripting through languages such as ECMAScript and support for animation.
SVG is a vendor-neutral open standard that has important industry support. Companies like Adobe, Apple, IBM and others have contributed to the W3C specification. Many documentation frameworks, including Docbook have support for SVG by means of defining the graphics directly in the document.
<oXygen/> XML Editor adds SVG support by using the Batik package, an open source project developed by the Apache Software foundation. The SVG DTD is solved by <oXygen/>'s default XML catalog.
<oXygen/> can render SVG by two means: