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Inkscape SVG vs. plain SVG

2016-12-31T10:09:03Z

Arlo James Barnes: /* Inkscape SVG vs. Plain SVG */ wiki documents are collective

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== Inkscape SVG vs. Plain SVG ==

Some notes about "Inkscape SVG" [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7412326&forum_id=37513 ref]:
* Inkscape's default mode when saving
* conforms to the SVG standard which permits extensions like those outlined [[Inkscape SVG vs. plain SVG#list of inkscape: and sodipodi: namespaces (incomplete)|here]]
* Inkscape should render identically with or without the Inkscape extensions
* gives Inkscape hints how to treat things in the UI -- for example, whether to treat a given group as a layer, or whether path nodes are cusp/flat/whatever
* seems to have a smaller filesize vs "[[PlainSVG]]" for some odd reason

"Saving document as 'plain SVG' actually invokes exporter. All objects will be reconstructed from parsed data, but overall object hierarchy will be preserved." -- quote from the documentation.

From one perspective,
* Inkscape SVG is basically the same as plain SVG, just with a few extra commands (in separate namespaces) added, which the Inkscape tools use to keep track of their work
* if you edit an inkscape SVG in any other SVG editor, then it should appear as any other plain SVG, if not, then you can safely remove all references to inkscape: or sodipodi:, and just be left with the plain SVG
* however, if you then re-edit the SVG in Inkscape (after hand editing, for example) 'without' removing the references to inkscape in the object that has been edited (for an example if you edit a path created using the inkscape star tool), then inkscape will re-generate the SVG path d="" attributes using the information that 'it' has stored under its namespace, and therefore getting rid of any editing to the path of that you, the user have done.

== list of inkscape: and sodipodi: namespaces (incomplete) ==

(preserved for backwards compatibility with its functions)

*<svg>
** inkscape:output_extension
** inkscape:version
** (sodipodi:docbase)
** (sodipodi:docname)
** sodipodi:modified
** sodipodi:version
*<sodipodi:namedview>
** bordercolor
** borderopacity
** id
** inkscape:cx
** inkscape:cy
** inkscape:pageopacity
** inkscape:pageshadow
** inkscape:window-height
** inkscape:window-width
** inkscape:zoom
** pagecolor
** inkscape:current-layer
*<svg:Gradients>
** inkscape:collect
*<svg:path >(in pattern defs)
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:rx
** sodipodi:ry
*<svg:path> (in spiral)
** sodipodi:argument
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:expansion
** sodipodi:radius
** sodipodi:revolution
** sodipodi:t0
** sodipodi:type
*<svg:path> (in star)
** inkscape:flatsided
** inkscape:randomized
** inkscape:rounded
** sodipodi:arg1
** sodipodi:arg2
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:r1
** sodipodi:r2
** sodipodi:sides
** sodipodi:type
*(tiled clones)
** inkscape:tiled-clone-of
** inkscape:tile-cx
** inkscape:tile-cy
** inkscape:tile-h
** inkscape:tile-w
*<svg:g> (id=layer)
**inkscape:groupmode
**inkscape:label
*(connectors)
**inkscape:connector-avoid:
**inkscape:connector-type
**inkscape:connector-start
**inkscape:connector-end
*(others)
** sodipodi:nodetypes?

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Inkscape SVG vs. plain SVG

2016-12-31T10:07:41Z

Arlo James Barnes: /* Inkscape SVG vs. Plain SVG */ Started removing the freedom2surfer's personal opinions

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== Inkscape SVG vs. Plain SVG ==

Some notes about "Inkscape SVG" [http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=7412326&forum_id=37513 ref]:
* Inkscape's default mode when saving
* conforms to the SVG standard which permits extensions like those outlined [[Inkscape SVG vs. plain SVG#list of inkscape: and sodipodi: namespaces (incomplete)|here]]
* Inkscape should render identically with or without the Inkscape extensions
* gives Inkscape hints how to treat things in the UI -- for example, whether to treat a given group as a layer, or whether path nodes are cusp/flat/whatever
* seems to have a smaller filesize vs "[[PlainSVG]]" for some odd reason

"Saving document as 'plain SVG' actually invokes exporter. All objects will be reconstructed from parsed data, but overall object hierarchy will be preserved." -- quote from the documentation.

From my perspective,
* Inkscape SVG is basically the same as plain SVG, just with a few extra commands (in separate namespaces) added, which the Inkscape tools use to keep track of their work
* if you edit an inkscape SVG in any other SVG editor, then it should appear as any other plain SVG, if not, then you can safely remove all references to inkscape: or sodipodi:, and just be left with the plain SVG
* however, if you then re-edit the SVG in Inkscape (after hand editing, for example) 'without' removing the references to inkscape in the object that has been edited (for an example if you edit a path created using the inkscape star tool), then inkscape will re-generate the SVG path d="" attributes using the information that 'it' has stored under its namespace, and therefore getting rid of any editing to the path of that you, the user have done.

== list of inkscape: and sodipodi: namespaces (incomplete) ==

(preserved for backwards compatibility with its functions)

*<svg>
** inkscape:output_extension
** inkscape:version
** (sodipodi:docbase)
** (sodipodi:docname)
** sodipodi:modified
** sodipodi:version
*<sodipodi:namedview>
** bordercolor
** borderopacity
** id
** inkscape:cx
** inkscape:cy
** inkscape:pageopacity
** inkscape:pageshadow
** inkscape:window-height
** inkscape:window-width
** inkscape:zoom
** pagecolor
** inkscape:current-layer
*<svg:Gradients>
** inkscape:collect
*<svg:path >(in pattern defs)
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:rx
** sodipodi:ry
*<svg:path> (in spiral)
** sodipodi:argument
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:expansion
** sodipodi:radius
** sodipodi:revolution
** sodipodi:t0
** sodipodi:type
*<svg:path> (in star)
** inkscape:flatsided
** inkscape:randomized
** inkscape:rounded
** sodipodi:arg1
** sodipodi:arg2
** sodipodi:cx
** sodipodi:cy
** sodipodi:r1
** sodipodi:r2
** sodipodi:sides
** sodipodi:type
*(tiled clones)
** inkscape:tiled-clone-of
** inkscape:tile-cx
** inkscape:tile-cy
** inkscape:tile-h
** inkscape:tile-w
*<svg:g> (id=layer)
**inkscape:groupmode
**inkscape:label
*(connectors)
**inkscape:connector-avoid:
**inkscape:connector-type
**inkscape:connector-start
**inkscape:connector-end
*(others)
** sodipodi:nodetypes?

[[Category:User Documentation]]

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2012-03-05T18:12:34Z

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