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5.3 SVG

SVG is a language for describing two dimensional graphics in XML. Like MathML it is an official recommendation

of  the  W3C,  http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/.  It  provides  a  number  of  benefits  for  users  of  webMathematica.

First,  since it is  a vector based  format  the  results often  have  a  higher quality  than is  typically the case with image

formats.  This  is very  much the  case when considering  print output. Secondly,  for many  types of  image,  the actual

file size is often quite small especially compared with image formats. Thirdly, it supports a number of dynamic and

interactive features. Mathematica can generate SVG from graphics and this section will give some examples of web

usage  involving  SVG.  One  thing  to  be  noted  is  that  any  examples  will  require  that  your  browser  supports  SVG.

Ways to do this include the use of the Amaya browser, http://www.w3.org/Amaya/, which provides native support,

or the Adobe plug in, http://www.adobe.com/svg.

A utility package is provided with webMathematica that supports adding the necessary tags to hook into the Adobe

plug in. This section will give some simple examples of the use of this package with webMathematica.

5.3.1 Plotting with SVG

The source for this example  is in webMathematica/Examples/SVG/Plot.jsp. It is closely  related to the

basic example, Plot.jsp. If you installed webMathematica as described 

above

, you should be able to connect to

this  JSP  via  http://localhost:8080/webMathematica/Examples/SVG/Plot.jsp.  (You  may  have  some  other  URL  for

accessing your server.)

An extract of the source follows.

Get["MSP SVG "];

Enter a function: