SVG Diagram Export

[mbc]

I would really like if you could add SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) to the available diagram export formats.

SVG is the most suitable format for many applications. Certainly it is the best for showing diagrams on the web (although browsers still need plugins for viewing, but Mozilla is on the way with native support). XSL-FO processors like FOP also prefer SVG.

Best regards
Mikkel

[schatwin]

I've used other tools which export SVG.  This is a useful format because the diagram is scaleable.
However, the other tools using SVG fail to provide scroll-bars.  Thus you can only scale a diagram as big as your monitor and sometimes this is not enough.  In these situations I revert to JPG to be able to scan across a largish model.

[stefaneg]

What I would REALLY like to see is DocBook report generation with images exported using SVG. I typically want to export parts of the model (e.g. ER diagrams, architectural overviews) and embed these reports into larger documents. The result is a document which is then partially maintained using tools as EA, and partially manually maintained. To minimize the effort involved when updating such documents (which are typically rather large, and maintained by many people), the process should be as automatic as possible. And that means doing things in build scripts, such as Ant.

So, DocBook and SVG is what I really want!

[Dennis]

I agree.  I would really like to get SVG format diagrams from EA to use in my Docbook documents.  Since the underlying diagram definition is stored in an XML format you would think that SVG diagrams would be a relatively simple extension (just apply an XSTL).

SVG export of diagrams is a feature I consider to be important.