SVG: The New Flash
http://www.digital-web.com/tutorials/tutorial_2002-04.shtml

Vitiello, Eric Jr.
Digital Web Magazine
2002

Abstract:

Macromedia has been the dominant force behind vector-based graphics and animation on the web for nearly the past 10 years. Times change, and new methods are always on the horizon. The upcoming contender for vector graphics is Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG), an XML-based language under development by the W3C.