| Texterity promotes SVG format via free file conversion, provides "PDF alternative" |
Apr. 17, 2003
Texterity has introduced a free web-based service to provide file conversion from PDF into SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) format in an effort to promote an alternative to Adobe's PDF format. SVG is a standard overseen by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).
Files converted using the free service provide self-contained "SVG packages" that can be viewed using any standard web browser, says the company. Texterity aims to build a community for its TextCafe 3.0 engine that automates document conversion using standard XML. In addition to PDF files, the Textcafe product will accept Quark and Word files and converts them to XML, SVG, Microsoft Reader, and Open eBook formats.
To use the web-based service for converting PDF files, upload a file to receive a complete set of HTML and SVG files along with a self-contained "viewer" to extends features in the document such as full search, page turning, table of contents navigation, linking, and zooming. Texterity's FreeSVG files can be placed on a web site as a replacement for PDF files.
Texterity hosts a demo and white paper that explains the benefits of the SVG format.
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