Metadata

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Where is the <metadata> element covered in the SVG specification?
The <metadata> element is covered in section 21.2 of the SVG specification.
( http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/metadata.html#MetadataElement )

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1.0 Spec, ZVON

  • Concise Definition for: <metadata>

Metadata is used to embed external data types within an SVG document.

  • Comments/Explanations:

When an SVG developer has a need to add metadata (or any type of external data) that pertains to an SVG document, this data must only be placed within the metadata element. Examples of data that one would embed include:

- RDF - GML - Custom Schema (example: SVG GUI widget state)

The metadata element may be visualized with the following XML Schema fragment.

<-- SVG.metadata.element --> <xs:element name="metadata"> 

 <xs:complexType mixed="true">
   <xs:sequence>
     <xs:any namespace="##any" processContents="skip"
             minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded" />
   </xs:sequence>
 </xs:complexType>

</xs:element>

Any element may have a metadata child and it is recommended that at most one appears as a child per element.


  • Links to SVG examples (good use of this element)

http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/metadata.html#Example

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