SVG/History

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML-based vector image format currently maintained by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) since 1998.

Development history
SVG 1.0 became a W3C recommendation on September 4, 2001. On January 14, 2003, version 1.1 of SVG became a W3C recommendation – though there were few differences between the two versions.

On September 15, 2016, SVG 2.0 reached candidate recommendation, and the latest draft was released on October 18, 2018.