VML
VML (Vector Markup Language) is an
XML language used to produce
vector graphics. VML was submitted as a proposed standard to the
W3C in
1998 by
Microsoft,
Macromedia, and others. VML was rejected as a web standard because
Adobe,
Sun, and others submitted a competing proposal known as PGML. The two standards were joined and improved upon to create
SVG.
Even though rejected as a standard by the W3C, and typically ignored by developers, Microsoft still implemented VML into Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0 and higher and in Microsoft Office 2000 and higher.