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And why are we storing binary data? The whole point of SVG is everything is in XML unless I'm very mistaken
by aceofspades19 13y ago
And 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.