<s>
Batik	B-Language
is	O
a	O
pure-Java	O
library	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
render	O
,	O
generate	O
,	O
and	O
manipulate	O
SVG	B-Application
graphics	O
(	O
SVG	B-Application
is	O
an	O
XML	B-Protocol
markup	O
language	O
for	O
describing	O
two-dimensional	O
vector	O
graphics	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batik	B-Language
provides	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
core	O
modules	O
that	O
provide	O
functionality	O
to	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Render	O
and	O
dynamically	O
modify	O
SVG	B-Application
content	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Transcode	O
SVG	B-Application
content	O
to	O
some	O
raster	O
Graphics	O
file	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
PNG	O
,	O
JPEG	O
and	O
TIFF	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Transcode	O
Windows	O
Metafiles	O
to	O
SVG	B-Application
(	O
WMF	O
or	O
Windows	O
Metafile	O
Format	O
is	O
the	O
vector	O
format	O
used	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
applications	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
And	O
manage	O
scripting	O
and	O
user	O
events	O
on	O
SVG	B-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Batik	B-Language
distribution	O
also	O
contains	O
a	O
ready-to-use	O
SVG	B-Application
browser	O
(	O
called	O
Squiggle	O
)	O
making	O
use	O
of	O
the	O
above	O
modules	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
library	O
comes	O
from	O
the	O
Batik	B-Language
painting	I-Language
technique	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Batik	B-Language
was	O
long	O
the	O
most	O
conformant	O
existing	O
implementation	O
and	O
is	O
just	O
a	O
small	O
fraction	O
behind	O
Opera	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
1.7	O
,	O
made	O
available	O
on	O
January	O
10	O
,	O
2008	O
,	O
had	O
an	O
"	O
almost	O
full	O
"	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
current	O
state	O
of	O
the	O
sXBL	B-Language
specification	O
,	O
a	O
nearly	O
complete	O
implementation	O
of	O
SVG	B-Application
SMIL	B-Language
features	O
,	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
late	O
October	O
2004	O
working	O
draft	O
(	O
see	O
SVG	B-Application
's	O
Development	O
history	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
