WebCGM — first published (1.0) in 1999 followed by a second (errata) release
in 2001 — unifies potentially diverse approaches to CGM utilization
in Web document applications, and therefore represents a significant
interoperability agreement amongst major users and implementers of the ISO
CGM standard. WebCGM finds significant application especially in technical
illustration, electronic documentation, and geophysical data visualization,
amongst other application areas.
WebCGM 2.0 adds a DOM (API) specification for programmatic access to
WebCGM objects, and a specification of an XML Companion File (XCF)
architecture, for externalization of non-graphical metadata. WebCGM 2.0, in
addition, builds upon and extends the graphical and intelligent content of
WebCGM 1.0, delivering functionality that was forecast for WebCGM 1.0, but
was postponed in order to get the standard and its implementations to users
expeditiously.
The design criteria for WebCGM aim at a balance between graphical
expressive power on the one hand, and simplicity and implementability on the
other. A small but powerful set of standardized metadata elements supports
the functionalities of hyperlinking and document navigation, picture
structuring and layering, and enabling search and query of WebCGM picture
content.
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This is the First Public Working Draft and a Last Call
Working Draft of "WebCGM Version 2.0".
This document was developed by the WebCGM Working Group, part
of the Graphics Activity.
The Working Group expects to advance this Working Draft to Recommendation
Status.
This specification is based, in large part, on a work by the same name, WebCGM 2.0 an OASIS Committee
Specification submitted to W3C as WebCGM 2.0 Submission. This
Member Submission is related to the previous W3C work on WebCGM 1.0, and
draws on experiences with that format from implementors and users over five
years. This Working Draft incorporates feedback and discussion following the
Submission.
The W3C Membership and other interested parties are invited to review the
document and send comments through 30 July 2006. Comments must be sent to the
public-webcgm@w3.org
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Publication as a Working Draft does not imply endorsement by the W3C
Membership. This is a draft document and may be updated, replaced or
obsoleted by other documents at any time. It is inappropriate to cite this
document as other than work in progress.
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