sXBL (for SVG's XML Binding Language) is a mechanism for defining the presentation and interactive behavior of elements described in a namespace other than SVG's (SVG is an XML language supporting vector graphics, user events and scripted behavior). sXBL is very similar to XBL, as it allows to do the same thing in SVG documents as XBL does for XUL documents. For example, it is possible to define a generic scrollArea in sXBL and use it in SVG documents. XBL or eXtensible Bindings Language is used to declare the behavior and look of XUL widgets and XML elements. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated. ... XBL or eXtensible Bindings Language is used to declare the behavior and look of XUL widgets and XML elements. ... XUL (XML User Interface Language) is a user interface markup language developed to support Mozilla applications like Mozilla Firefox and Mozilla Thunderbird. ...

History, Objectives and Future

sXBL specification derived from a specification called RCC (Rendering Custom Content) that was embedded in a 2003 working draft of the SVG 1.2 specification. The RCC part of the specification has since been removed in favor of the sXBL more modular approach.

As stated in the sXBL working draft :

sXBL is intended to be an SVG-specific first version of a more general-purpose XBL specification (e.g., "XBL 2.0"). The intent is that, in the future, a general-purpose and modularly-defined XBL specification will be developed which will replace this specification and will define additional features that are necessary to support scenarios beyond SVG, such as integration into web browsers that support CSS. Once a general-purpose XBL is defined, sXBL would just become an SVG-specific subset (i.e., a profile) of the larger XBL specification.

Even if sXBL has borrowed a lot from XBL, there are some differences between these two standards (for example, the name of some of the elements are different). However, it must be noted that there are also some subtle differences between the current state of the mozilla XBL 2.0 working draft and the current state of the sXBL working draft XBL or eXtensible Bindings Language is used to declare the behavior and look of XUL widgets and XML elements. ...

Implementations

sXBL is a W3C working draft, is has not yet reached the status of a recommendation. However, the Batik SVG Toolkit, a Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics, has a preliminary "almost full" implementation of the current state of the sXBL specification in its code base. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is a consortium that produces standards—recommendations, as they call them—for the World Wide Web. ... Batik is a pure Java library that can be used to render, generate, and manipulate SVG graphics for SVG (SVG is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional Vector graphics). ...

See also

• XML
• SVG
• XBL

The Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a W3C-recommended general-purpose markup language for creating special-purpose markup languages, capable of describing many different kinds of data. ... Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) is an XML markup language for describing two-dimensional vector graphics, both static and animated. ... XBL or eXtensible Bindings Language is used to declare the behavior and look of XUL widgets and XML elements. ...

External links

• Specification W3C Draft.
• Explaining the differences between sXBL and XBL 2.0 specifications
• Batik SVG Toolkit - Batik SVG toolkit website
• Current status of Batik's sXBL implementation