Amaya (browser) - Definition and Overview

Amaya is a web browser and authoring tool created by the W3C and INRIA. Amaya is a direct descendant of the Grif wysisyg SGML editor created by Vincent Quint and Irène Vatton at INRIA in early 80's, and of the HTML editor Symposia, itself based on Grif, both developed and sold by french software company Grif SA.

Originally designed as an HTML and CSS editor, it was later expanded to include XML capabilities such as MathML and Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG). It is commonly used today as a test-bed for new web technologies that are not yet supported in major commercial browsers.

Amaya displays open image formats such as PNG and SVG, as well as a subset of SVG animation. The graphics are implemented in XML, and may be mixed freely with HTML and MathML.

Amaya is an open source software project, available on Unix, Windows, Mac OS and other platforms. The latest release is Amaya 9.0, which was released in January 2005.

See also: Comparison of web browsers

External link

• http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ for latest version.