Batik (software)

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Batik is a pure-Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics. SVG is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics. Batik provides a set of core modules that provide functionality to:

• render and dynamically modify SVG content,
• transcode SVG content to some raster Graphics file formats, such as PNG, JPEG and TIFF,
• transcode Windows Metafiles to SVG (WMF or Windows Metafile Format is the vector format used by Microsoft Windows applications),
• and manage scripting and user events on SVG documents.

The Batik distribution also contains a ready-to-use SVG browser (called Squiggle) making use of the above modules.

The name of the library comes from the Batik painting technique.

[edit] Status

Batik is a fully conformant SVG 1.1 library, apart from the animation features.

The codebase has a preliminary "almost full" implementation of the current state of the sXBL specification, a preliminary implementation of the animation features, and some of the SVG 1.2 late October 2004 working draft (see SVG's Development history).

[edit] See also

• Scalable Vector Graphics
• Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
• sXBL : a mechanism for defining the presentation and interactive behavior of elements described in a namespace other than SVG's

[edit] External links

• Apache Batik Project
• Current status of Batik's sXBL implementation