Apache Batik

Batik

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Stable release	1.17 / August 22, 2023; 7 months ago (2023-08-22)
Repository	github.com/apache/xmlgraphics-batik
Written in	Apache License 2.0
Website	xmlgraphics.apache.org/batik

Batik is a pure-

, where other companies and teams decided to join efforts. Batik provides a set of core modules that provide functionality to:

• Render and dynamically modify SVG content,
• Transcode SVG content to some raster
  PNG, JPEG and TIFF
  ,
• Transcode Windows Metafiles to SVG (WMF or Windows Metafile Format is the vector format used by Microsoft Windows applications),
• And manage scripting and user events on SVG documents.

The Batik distribution also contains a ready-to-use SVG browser (called Squiggle) making use of the above modules.

The name of the library comes from the Batik painting technique.

Status

Batik was long the most conformant existing SVG 1.1 implementation^[1][2][3] and as of 2011^[update] is just a small fraction behind Opera.^{[citation needed]}

Version 1.7, made available on January 10, 2008, had an "almost full" implementation of the current state of the

).

See also

• Scalable Vector Graphics
• Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
• sXBL: a mechanism for defining the presentation and interactive behaviour of elements described in a namespace other than SVG files

References

External links

• Apache Batik Project
• Current status of Batik's sXBL implementation
• The official SVG page at W3C, SVG Working Group