<s>
Vector	B-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
VML	B-Language
)	O
is	O
an	O
obsolete	O
XML-based	O
file	O
format	O
for	O
two-dimensional	O
vector	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
specified	O
in	O
Part	O
4	O
of	O
the	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
standards	O
ISO/IEC	B-Operating_System
29500	I-Operating_System
and	O
ECMA-376	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
the	O
specification	O
,	O
VML	B-Language
is	O
a	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
format	O
included	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
for	O
legacy	O
reasons	O
only	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
was	O
used	O
extensively	O
in	O
MS	B-Application
Office	I-Application
2007	O
Word	O
,	O
Excel	B-Application
and	O
PowerPoint	B-Application
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	I-Application
,	O
VML	B-Language
became	O
obsolete	O
and	O
is	O
no	O
longer	O
supported	O
by	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
standard	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
legacy	O
feature	O
that	O
is	O
available	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	I-Application
only	O
when	O
the	O
browser	O
is	O
set	O
to	O
run	O
in	O
modes	O
that	O
emulate	O
the	O
functionality	O
of	O
previous	O
versions	O
of	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
6	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
8	O
,	O
and	O
9	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
was	O
submitted	O
to	O
the	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
(	O
W3C	O
)	O
in	O
1998	O
by	O
Autodesk	O
,	O
Hewlett-Packard	O
,	O
Macromedia	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
,	O
and	O
Vision	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Around	O
the	O
same	O
time	O
other	O
competing	O
W3C	O
submissions	O
were	O
received	O
in	O
the	O
area	O
of	O
web	O
vector	O
graphics	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Precision	B-Language
Graphics	I-Language
Markup	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
PGML	B-Language
)	O
from	O
Adobe	O
Systems	O
,	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
,	O
and	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
these	O
submissions	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
W3C	O
working	O
group	O
was	O
created	O
,	O
which	O
produced	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVG	B-Application
became	O
a	O
W3C	O
Recommendation	O
in	O
2001	O
as	O
a	O
language	O
for	O
describing	O
two-dimensional	O
vector	O
and	O
mixed	O
vector/raster	O
graphics	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
has	O
been	O
largely	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
in	O
favor	O
of	O
other	O
formats	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SVG	B-Application
is	O
not	O
compatible	O
with	O
VML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
is	O
implemented	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
from	O
version	B-Protocol
5	I-Protocol
to	O
version	B-Application
9	I-Application
and	O
in	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Office	I-Operating_System
2000	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
is	O
no	O
longer	O
available	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
expects	O
web	O
sites	O
to	O
transition	O
to	O
SVG	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Version	O
2	O
of	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Maps	I-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
API	O
used	O
to	O
use	O
VML	B-Language
for	O
vector	O
paths	O
on	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Explorer	I-Protocol
5.5	I-Protocol
+	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
been	O
officially	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
in	O
favour	O
of	O
version	O
3	O
,	O
which	O
does	O
not	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Below	O
is	O
a	O
VML	B-Language
instance	O
as	O
produced	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Excel	I-Application
2010	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Note	O
that	O
,	O
by	O
specifying	O
a	O
root	O
element	O
named	O
"	O
xml	B-Protocol
"	O
,	O
VML	B-Language
contravenes	O
the	O
XML	B-Protocol
Recommendation	O
of	O
the	O
W3C	O
,	O
which	O
states	O
that	O
names	O
beginning	O
'	O
x	O
 '	O
'	O
m	O
 '	O
'	O
l	O
 '	O
are	O
"	O
reserved	O
for	O
standardization	O
in	O
this	O
or	O
future	O
versions	O
of	O
this	O
specification	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
,	O
when	O
embedded	O
within	O
HTML	B-Language
markup	O
,	O
is	O
read	O
and	O
processed	O
by	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Internet	I-Application
Explorer	I-Application
(	O
but	O
not	O
other	O
browsers	O
)	O
;	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
the	O
following	O
example	O
displays	O
a	O
solid	O
blue	O
oval	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
is	O
used	O
by	O
most	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Word	I-Application
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Visio	I-Application
,	O
within	O
HTML	B-Language
files	I-Language
created	O
using	O
the	O
'	O
Save	O
As	O
HTML	B-Language
 '	O
option	O
(	O
plain	O
HTML	B-Language
or	O
MHT	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
files	O
retain	O
complete	O
vector	O
information	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
be	O
reopened	O
for	O
editing	O
using	O
other	O
Microsoft	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Microsoft	B-Application
PowerPoint	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
was	O
natively	O
supported	O
by	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
up	O
to	O
version	B-Application
9	I-Application
inline	O
within	O
HTML	B-Language
,	O
using	O
an	O
undefined	O
version	O
of	O
SGML	B-Language
namespaces	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
VML	B-Language
was	O
dropped	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
10	I-Application
and	O
subsequent	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Support	O
for	O
"	O
ink	O
annotations	O
"	O
in	O
Office	B-Operating_System
Open	I-Operating_System
XML	I-Operating_System
files	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
LibreOffice	B-Application
during	O
the	O
3.7	O
development	O
cycle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VML	B-Language
is	O
not	O
natively	O
supported	O
by	O
most	O
web	O
browsers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
browsers	O
such	O
as	O
Mozilla	O
Firefox	O
,	O
Opera	O
,	O
Safari	O
or	O
Google	O
Chrome	O
support	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
instead	O
of	O
VML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
VML	B-Language
is	O
deprecated	B-General_Concept
as	O
a	O
standard	O
in	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
,	O
it	O
is	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
relation	O
to	O
the	O
development	O
of	O
HTML	B-Language
emails	O
rendered	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
Outlook	O
2007	O
,	O
2010	O
,	O
and	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
use	O
of	O
background-images	O
in	O
email	O
campaigns	O
requires	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
VML	B-Language
to	O
be	O
displayed	O
in	O
Outlook	O
because	O
Outlook	O
does	O
not	O
support	O
the	O
CSS	O
or	O
HTML	B-Language
attributes	O
for	O
background-images	O
.	O
</s>
