The ICC color profile can be referenced as metadata by the SVG image. It is the same definition as is used by the CSS1, CSS2 and HTML 4 languages. As is the case with the CSS language, it is possible to specify colors which are outside the sRGB gamut - indeed, any visible color may be specified. Whether or not this can be displayed is another matter, and depends on the capabilities of the eventual device. An additional ICC profile can be used to transmit further color information, such as the use of spot colors.
Spot color is the simplest and cheapest way of adding color highlights to a printed page.
The Working Group is chartered to produce a specification for SVG, an SVG test suite, and to encourage and track early implementations to ensure that interoperability is assured. The Working Group has telphone conferences twice a week, an active email list, and meets face to face every few months. Working Draft now a Candidate Recommendation Work on Scalable Vector Graphics has progressed very well. An appendix lists the SVG requirements in terms of the high-level objectives which SVG graphics attempts to achieve. These design goals also act as the criteria by which proposed features are judged.