A vector graphics markup language is a markup language that describes an image at a higher level than a bitmap — in terms of lines, curves, and other vector graphics primitives.

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  • A vector graphics markup language is a markup language that describes an image at a higher level than a bitmap — in terms of lines, curves, and other vector graphics primitives. The list of vector graphics markup languages includes HPGL, introduced on Hewlett-Packard plotters, but generalized into a printer language PostScript and Encapsulated PostScript, page description language with strong graphics capabilities Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM/WebCGM) DrawingML Myv vector format the POV-Ray markup language Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Vector Markup Language (VML) Virtual Reality Modeling Language X3D ReGIS, used by DEC computer terminals Like other markup languages, vector graphics markup languages can be edited in two ways: by hand with a text editor, such as notepad graphically in a more-or-less WYSIWYG environment, such as Inkscape A page description language can be used as a kind of vector graphics markup language. Some vector graphics markup languages use even higher-level descriptions than lines and simple curves -- splines, text strings, iterated function systems, superquadratic ellipsoids, etc.
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  • A vector graphics markup language is a markup language that describes an image at a higher level than a bitmap — in terms of lines, curves, and other vector graphics primitives.
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  • Vector graphics markup language
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