Re: Fwd: SVG vs. WebCGM

Benoit Bezaire wrote:
> 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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> 
> Subject:
> SVG vs. WebCGM
> From:
> "Jeff Schiller" <codedread@gmail.com>
> Date:
> Mon, 11 Sep 2006 21:08:25 -0500
> To:
> public-webcgm@w3.org
> 
> To:
> public-webcgm@w3.org
> 
> 
> 
> 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
> 



Chris being a member of WebCGM and SVG WGs should be best person to 
anwser this issue.


WebCGM 1.0 was specified in jan 1999, long time before SVG. Chris might 
explain why there was a need for SVG a few years latter.

-- 
Thierry Michel
W3C