Precision Graphics Markup Language

Precision Graphics Markup Language (PGML) is an XML-based language for representing vector graphics. It was a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) submission by Adobe Systems, IBM, Netscape, and Sun Microsystems, that was not adopted as a recommendation. PGML is a 2D graphical format, offering precision for graphic artists, guaranteeing that the design created will appear in end user systems with the correct formatting, layout and the precision of color.

PGML

Precision Graphics Markup Language
Abbreviation	PGML
Status	Retired
First published	10 April 1998 (1998-04-10)[1]
Organization	World Wide Web Consortium
Authors	Nabeel Al-Shamma[1] Robert Ayers[1] Richard Cohn[1] Jon Ferraiolo[1] Martin Newell[1] Roger K. de Bry[1] Kevin McCluskey[1] Jerry Evans[1]
Base standards	PostScript[1] PDF[1]
Domain	2D graphics language
Website	www.w3.org/TR/1998/NOTE-PGML

PGML and Vector Markup Language, another XML-based vector graphics language W3C submission supported by Autodesk, Hewlett-Packard, Macromedia, Microsoft, and Visio Corporation, were later joined and improved upon to create Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).

Applications

The ArgoUML CASE tool is able to export UML diagrams in PGML.

See also

• List of vector graphics markup languages