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Whats wrong with SVG? Doesn't it accomplish what the OP wants to do already and is already a standard supported by a lot of applications? I must be missing some
by aceofspades19 13y ago
Whats wrong with SVG? Doesn't it accomplish what the OP wants to do already and is already a standard supported by a lot of applications? I must be missing something here
- arielpts 13y agoXML is a really bad format for containing large chunks of binary data (bitmap)
- aceofspades19 13y agoAnd why are we storing binary data? The whole point of SVG is everything is in XML unless I'm very mistaken
- supercoder 13y agoHow else would you propose to store a bitmap.
- modarts 13y ago<points> <point x='2px' y='3px' color='rgba(255,255,255,0)' /> <point x='2px' y='4px' color='rgba(100,255,255,0)' /> <!--...--> </points> heh
- shuzchen 13y agoThe author is looking for a container format capable of storing multiple image layers, and one that is capable of storing both vector and raster images. So you could possibly argue that XML (a la SVG) is the right format to represent the vector files within that container, but it wouldn't be appropriate for the container file itself since binary data really bloats XML.
- WiseWeasel 13y agoThe XML can store references to the binary chunks in standard formats though, alongside the vector shapes and filters. <svg viewBox="## ## ## ##"> <image xlink:href="layer1.png" x="##" y="##" width="##" height="##"/> <image xlink:href="layer2.jpg" x="##" y="##" width="##" height="##"/> <rect x="##" y="##" width="##" height="##" fill="red"/> </svg> All that's left is to standardize a way to package it.
- arielpts 13y agoThats actually a good, along with the fake .zip extension.