Portable knitting format - XML-based language for knitting symbols description

Abstract

This paper views the problems related to the development of knitting software for handmade knitting. It presents an XML-based language for knitting symbols description, called Portable Knitting Format (PKF). Its purpose is to develop a uniform and platform independent description of simple graphics primitives corresponding to different types of stitches. PKF contains the XML elements describing the following graphic primitives: line, polygon, polyline, arc, ellipse, rectangle and Bezier curve. Using these primitives the editor can describe all possible knitting symbols. The XML language can be built on CAD systems for handmade knitting.