Fwd: SVG vs. WebCGM

This is a forwarded message
From: Jeff Schiller <codedread@gmail.com>
To: public-webcgm@w3.org
Date: Monday, September 11, 2006, 10:08:25 PM
Subject: SVG vs. WebCGM

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You knew someone would ask this eventually, I'm surprised the charter
doesn't mention it.

What is the differences in SVG and WebCGM?  Is SVG intended as
general/all-purpose while WebCGM is only for technical/industrial
drawings?  This seems like a rather arbitrary distinction.

Why do we need two standards for scalable vector web graphics?  Can
someone outline the purposes, distinctions, directions of these two
seemingly competing standards within the W3C ?

Thanks,
Jeff


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Any volunteer?

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 Benoit                            mailto:benoit@itedo.com