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Participation

W3C Member Organizations

• Adobe Systems Inc. (5 representatives)
• Apple, Inc. (2 representatives)
• Boeing Company (1 representative)
• Google, Inc. (4 representatives)
• IBM Corporation (1 representative)
• INSTITUT TELECOM (1 representative)
• KDDI CORPORATION (3 representatives)
• Met Office (1 representative)
• Microsoft Corp. (2 representatives)
• Ministerio do Planejamento Orcamento e Gestao (1 representative)
• Mozilla Foundation (3 representatives)
• NIC.br - Brazilian Network Information Center (1 representative)
• Opera Software AS (no representative)
• SSB BART Group (1 representative)
• The Paciello Group, LLC (2 representatives)
• Yandex (1 representative)

Invited Experts

• Tavmjong Bah
• Amelia Bellamy-Royds

Team members

• Michael Cooper
• Chris Lilley

See also the list of individuals participating in this group.

Join or leave this group (see general instructions for joining this group). Advisory Committee Representatives of participating Members may also nominate or change representatives in the group.

The Call for Participation for this group was announced on 20 March 2012; see the Patent Policy FAQ for information about continued participation before re-joining the group.

Licensing Commitments

Participants in this group have made certain licensing commitments by joining the group. See the details about licensing commitments from current and past Participants and other parties.

W3C Members not participating in this group who wish to make the same licensing commitments for specifications developed by this group may do so through a form for licensing commitments from non-participating Members.

Other parties who wish to make the licensing commitments for this group should consult the instructions for non-Members to make licensing commitments for this group.

Specifications for this group

The following is the list of specifications produced by the SVG Working Group that have associated disclosures obligations, and possibly licensing obligations under the W3C Patent Policy.

Drafts

Specification	Policy	Disclose	Exclude	Add licensing information	Disclosure & exclusion
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Full 1.2 Specification	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL) Also developed by	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Media Access Events	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Remote Events for XML (REX) 1.0 Also developed by Web API Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	10 patents have been disclosed and 10 excluded
SVG Filters 1.2, Part 2: Language	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Filter Requirements	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Print 1.2, Part 2: Language	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Requirements for Japanese Text Layout Also developed by Internationalization Working Group, XSLT Working Group, Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group,	No longer/Not under W3C PP	Disclose	No exclusions since not under PP	N/A	N/A
SVG Transforms 1.0, Part 2: Language	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	1 patents have been disclosed
SVG Color 1.2, Part 2: Language	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Compositing Specification	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Parameters 1.0, Part 2: Language	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Parameters 1.0, Part 1: Primer	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Compositing and Blending Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
CSS Masking Module Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
CSS Transforms Module Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Filter Effects Module Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Web Animations Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
DOMMatrix interface Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Integration	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Geometry Interfaces Module Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Accessibility API Mappings Also developed by Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group, Protocols and Formats Working Group,	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Motion Path Module Level 1 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Markers	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Strokes	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
SVG Paths	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
WAI-ARIA Graphics Module Also developed by Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
Graphics Accessibility API Mappings Also developed by Accessible Rich Internet Applications Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	No open exclusion opportunity	Add licensing information	N/A
CSS Fill and Stroke Module Level 3 Also developed by Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) Working Group.	W3C	Disclose	Exclude until 10 September 2017	Add licensing information	N/A

Recommendations

Specification	Policy	Disclosures
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition) Jointly developed with unknownworkinggroup.	W3C	See known disclosures below
Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification	W3C	None

See the detailed information on how to disclose a patent, how to exclude a patent claim and how to add licensing terms below.

Note: If a specification does not appear in this table, the group may have identified it as being "informative only." To add or modify an item in this table, please refer to the IPP instructions.

Patent Disclosures and Claim Exclusions

This section summarizes patent disclosures by participants in W3C's SVG Working Group as required by section 6 of the 5 February 2004 W3C Patent Policy. Note: This disclosure mechanism applies to all W3C Working Groups after 15 February 2004, per the Patent Policy Transition Procedure.

W3C takes no position regarding either:

1. the validity or scope of any intellectual property right or other rights that might be claimed to pertain to the implementation or use of the technology, or
2. the extent to which any license under such rights might or might not be available from those not participating in this group.

W3C Members are obligated to disclose a patent when they receive a request for disclosure and have personal knowledge of the patent under the following conditions:

• the specification has been developed under the W3C Patent Policy and the Member has not committed to the W3C Royalty-Free Licensing Terms,
• the specification has been developed under the 24 January 2002 CPP as amended by the W3C Patent Policy Transition Procedure

Where disclosure is required by a W3C Member, the AC Representative makes the disclosure.

Anyone else may also make a disclosure.

Known Disclosures

Disclosures for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)

The entry in the first column links to details about the disclosed patent, including any excluded claims or additional licensing information that has been provided.

Patent for Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)	Licensing	Notes
Issued patent '3503397' (Japan) held by KDDI CORPORATION	Royalty-Free
Issued patent '6107961' (United States of America) held by KDDI CORPORATION	Royalty-Free

Disclosures for Remote Events for XML (REX) 1.0

The entry in the first column links to details about the disclosed patent, including any excluded claims or additional licensing information that has been provided.

Patent for Remote Events for XML (REX) 1.0	Licensing	Notes
Issued patent '765633' (AU) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-18
Issued patent 'ZL98807034.0' (CN) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-15
Issued patent '2765983' (FR) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-8
Issued patent '10-0574755' (KR) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-14
Issued patent '6 911 982' (US) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-22
Laid-open/published patent application #98938735.2 filed on 07/10/1998 (EP) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-8
Laid-open/published patent application #06001979.1 filed on 07/10/1998 (EP) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-12
Laid-open/published patent application #133790 filed on 07/10/1998 (IL) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-22
Laid-open/published patent application #2000-502,637 filed on 07/10/1998 (JP) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-8
Laid-open/published patent application #2004-360540 filed on 07/10/1998 (JP) held by Orange	Claims excluded from Royalty-Free commitment:1-16

Disclosures for SVG Transforms 1.0, Part 2: Language

The entry in the first column links to details about the disclosed patent, including any excluded claims or additional licensing information that has been provided.

Patent for SVG Transforms 1.0, Part 2: Language	Licensing	Notes
Laid-open/published patent application #12/397,325 (US) held by Apple, Inc.	Royalty-Free

How to Make a Patent Disclosure

W3C Members and Invited Experts (including those not participating in this group) wishing to disclose a patent for any specification produced by the SVG Working Group should use the SVG Working Group patent disclosure form.

Disclosures from the general public should be sent to the Staff Contacts of this group.

For specifications developed under the W3C Patent Policy, parties that commit to the W3C Royalty-Free Licensing Terms are not required to disclose patents. Any party (not just the Working Group Participants) may commit to the W3C Royalty-Free Licensing Terms and may do so by following the instructions in the next section.

Claim Exclusions

Only SVG Working Group participants may exclude patent claims concerning specifications developed under the W3C Patent Policy, per section 4 of the W3C Patent Policy. To make an exclusion, participants should use the SVG Working Group patent claim exclusion form, but only after first disclosing the patent.

Exclusion Opportunities

The Patent Policy FAQ provides detailed information about exclusion opportunities, that is, when a Working Group Participant can exclude a patent claim.

Each exclusion opportunity has a duration. See section 4.1 of the W3C Patent Policy and section 2 of the Patent Policy Transition Procedure for information on how the exclusion deadline is calculated.

At each exclusion opportunity, Participants may exclude patent claims with respect to a body of text. The Reference Draft is the reference body of text for the current exclusion opportunity.

Note: At each new exclusion opportunity (e.g., in the case of a second Last Call), exclusions are only with respect to differences since the previous reference body of text. These differences may be less than an entire document, and the summary below does not (yet) address that granularity. Also, in some edge cases (discussed in the FAQ), Participants, depending on when they joined the Working Group, will have different Reference Drafts; the summary below does not reflect this case.

History of Exclusion Opportunities

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 (Second Edition)

1. Call for exclusion sent on 12 May 2011; opportunity ended on 11 July 2011

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Full 1.2 Specification

1. Call for exclusion sent on 10 January 2005; opportunity ended on 14 March 2014
2. Call for exclusion sent on 14 January 2015; opportunity ended on 14 March 2014

SVG's XML Binding Language (sXBL)

1. Call for exclusion sent on 06 January 2005; opportunity ended on 26 September 2006

Media Access Events

1. Call for exclusion sent on 13 October 2006; opportunity ended on 12 March 2007
2. Call for exclusion sent on 19 January 2007; opportunity ended on 12 March 2007

Remote Events for XML (REX) 1.0

1. Call for exclusion sent on 04 May 2006; opportunity ended on 02 July 2006

SVG Filters 1.2, Part 2: Language

1. Call for exclusion sent on 02 May 2007; opportunity ended on 28 September 2007

SVG Filter Requirements

1. Call for exclusion sent on 02 May 2007; opportunity ended on 28 September 2007

SVG Print 1.2, Part 2: Language

1. Call for exclusion sent on 06 January 2005; opportunity ended on 20 March 2005
2. Call for exclusion sent on 21 December 2007; opportunity ended on 19 February 2008

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) Tiny 1.2 Specification

1. Call for exclusion sent on 06 January 2005; opportunity ended on 20 March 2005
2. Call for exclusion sent on 15 April 2005; opportunity ended on 12 June 2005
3. Call for exclusion sent on 15 September 2008; opportunity ended on 14 November 2008

SVG Transforms 1.0, Part 2: Language

1. Call for exclusion sent on 20 March 2009; opportunity ended on 17 August 2009

SVG Color 1.2, Part 2: Language

1. Call for exclusion sent on 01 October 2009; opportunity ended on 28 February 2010

SVG Compositing Specification

1. Call for exclusion sent on 30 April 2009; opportunity ended on 27 September 2009
2. Call for exclusion sent on 16 March 2011; opportunity ended on 14 May 2011

SVG Parameters 1.0, Part 2: Language

1. Call for exclusion sent on 30 April 2009; opportunity ended on 27 September 2009

SVG Parameters 1.0, Part 1: Primer

1. Call for exclusion sent on 30 April 2009; opportunity ended on 27 September 2009

Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 2

1. Call for exclusion sent on 16 September 2016; opportunity ended on 14 November 2016

Compositing and Blending Level 1

1. Call for exclusion sent on 21 August 2012; opportunity ended on 12 January 2013
2. Call for exclusion sent on 20 November 2012; opportunity ended on 12 January 2013
3. Call for exclusion sent on 14 January 2015; opportunity ended on 14 March 2015

CSS Masking Module Level 1

1. Call for exclusion sent on 15 November 2012; opportunity ended on 14 April 2013
2. Call for exclusion sent on 14 February 2013; opportunity ended on 14 April 2013
3. Call for exclusion sent on 22 May 2014; opportunity ended on 21 July 2014

CSS Transforms Module Level 1

1. Call for exclusion sent on 12 March 2012; opportunity ended on 27 July 2012

Web Animations

1. Call for exclusion sent on 25 June 2013; opportunity ended on 22 November 2013

DOMMatrix interface

1. Call for exclusion sent on 21 September 2013; opportunity ended on 16 February 2014

SVG Integration

1. Call for exclusion sent on 17 April 2014; opportunity ended on 14 September 2014

Geometry Interfaces Module Level 1

1. Call for exclusion sent on 26 June 2014; opportunity ended on 25 August 2014

SVG Accessibility API Mappings

1. Call for exclusion sent on 26 February 2015; opportunity ended on 26 July 2015

Motion Path Module Level 1

1. Call for exclusion sent on 09 April 2015; opportunity ended on 06 September 2015

SVG Markers

1. Call for exclusion sent on 09 April 2015; opportunity ended on 06 September 2015

SVG Strokes

1. Call for exclusion sent on 09 April 2015; opportunity ended on 06 September 2015

SVG Paths

1. Call for exclusion sent on 09 July 2015; opportunity ended on 06 December 2015

WAI-ARIA Graphics Module

1. Call for exclusion sent on 03 December 2015; opportunity ended on 01 May 2016

Graphics Accessibility API Mappings

1. Call for exclusion sent on 08 September 2016; opportunity ended on 05 February 2017

Additional Licensing Information

As described in section 5 of the W3C Patent Policy:

All Working Group participants are encouraged to provide a contact from which licensing information can be obtained and other relevant licensing information. Any such information will be made publicly available along with the patent disclosures for the Working Group in question.

Patent holders may:

1. Provide additional licensing information for documents produced by this Working Group
2. Provide the same additional licensing information for all documents with associated licensing obligations produced by this Working Group, or
3. Provide additional licensing information for any W3C document with associated licensing obligations produced by any W3C Working Group under the W3C Patent Policy.

Please recall that, per section 5 of the W3C Patent Policy, a W3C Royalty-Free license:

may not impose any further conditions or restrictions on the use of any technology, intellectual property rights, or other restrictions on behavior of the licensee, but may include reasonable, customary terms relating to operation or maintenance of the license relationship such as the following: choice of law and dispute resolution.

Any additional licensing information that has been provided is listed below. The section below will be empty when no additional licensing information has been provided.

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