Editing Vector Markup Language (section)

{{short description|Obsolete XML-based vector graphics format}}
{{Distinguish|VRML}}
{{ infobox file format
| name                   = Vector Markup Language
| icon                   =
| logo                   = 
| screenshot             = 
| caption                = 
|_noextcode              = on
| extension              = <code>.htm</code> or <code>.html</code>
| mime                   = application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.vmlDrawing
| type code              = 
| uniform type           = 
| magic                  = 
| owner                  = [[Microsoft]]
| released               = 
| latest release version = 
| latest release date    = 
| genre                  = [[vector graphics|Vector image format]]
| container for          = 
| contained by           = 
| extended from          = [[XML]]
| extended to            = 
| standard               = Part of ECMA-376 and ISO/IEC 29500:2008
| url                    = [https://www.ecma-international.org/publications-and-standards/standards/ecma-376/ ECMA-376], [http://www.iso.org/iso/home/store/catalogue_tc/catalogue_detail.htm?csnumber=61798 ISO/IEC 29500-4:2012]
}}

'''Vector Markup Language''' ('''VML''') is an obsolete [[XML]]-based [[file format]] for two-dimensional [[vector graphics]]. It was specified in Part 4 of the [[Office Open XML]] standards [[International Organization for Standardization|ISO]]/[[International Electrotechnical Commission|IEC]] 29500 and [[Ecma International|ECMA]]-376. According to the specification, VML is a deprecated format included in Office Open XML for legacy reasons only.<ref name="vml-in-or-out">{{cite web |url=http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/06/is-vml-in-or-ou.html|title=Is VML in or out now, or was that a typo? |date=2007-06-22 |access-date=2010-07-29 |url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080621213223/http://www.openmalaysiablog.com/2007/06/is-vml-in-or-ou.html |archive-date=2008-06-21}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ecma-international.org/news/TC45_current_work/New%20proposed%20dispositions%20extend%20progress%20in%20addressing%20all%20National%20Body%20comments.htm |title=Ecma TC45 - New proposed dispositions extend progress in addressing all National Body comments, seek to document and resolve legacy issues&nbsp;– Nearly 2/3 of comments now reviewed |date=2007-12-21 |access-date=2010-07-29}}</ref>

VML was used extensively in MS Office 2007 Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents.<ref name="vml-in-or-out" /><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.codeproject.com/KB/XML/ooxml_is_defective.aspx |title=Microsoft Office XML formats ? Defective by design |author=Stephane Rodriguez |date=2007-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://poi.apache.org/apidocs/org/apache/poi/xssf/usermodel/XSSFVMLDrawing.html |title=POI API Documentation&nbsp;— Class XSSFVMLDrawing |author=Yegor Kozlov |publisher=Apache Software Foundation |access-date=2010-07-29}}</ref> In 2012, with the release of [[Internet Explorer 10]], VML became obsolete and is no longer supported by Internet Explorer standard mode.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ie/hh801223%28v=vs.85%29.aspx |title=VML is no longer supported |author=Microsoft}}</ref> It is a legacy feature that is available in Internet Explorer 10 only when the browser is set to run in modes that emulate the functionality of previous versions of Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9.