convert PDF to SVG fails to create valid file

[jeffrey.berger]

Using the command:
>convert foo.pdf foo.svg
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produces an SVG file that, when viewed in a browser contains:
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This page contains the following errors:

error on line 871 at column 74: Namespace prefix xlink for href on image is not defined
Below is a rendering of the page up to the first error.
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Nothing follows the error message.

The original PDFs were produced:
- using PDFLib
- as export-to-pdf from Excel
- by the US gov (W-4 Form)

Version: ImageMagick 6.9.0-0 Q16 x86_64 2014-12-11 http://www.imagemagick.org on Mac OS 10.10.1

[snibgo]

The command "convert foo.pdf foo.svg" should rasterize each page of the PDF, converting it to pixels, making SVG files that contain embedded bitmaps.

For someone to investigate, you should put a PDF that shows the problem somewhere like dropbox.com and paste the link here.

[jeffrey.berger]

Sure. Here's one:
http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-pdf/fw4.pdf

convert DOES create an SVG file, but the file cannot be opened in the browser because of the missing namespace specification.

Thanks.

[jeffrey.berger]

Aha!
The problem is in the headers IM is creating for the SVG. I pasted in headers from an SVG created by exporting from Adobe Illustrator and the IM SVG became viewable.

Below, IM's headers are commented, Illustrator's are not:

<!-- <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 20010904//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-SVG-20010 ... /svg10.dtd"> -->
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd">
<!-- <svg width="648" height="918"> -->
<svg version="1.1" id="Layer_1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" x="0px" y="0px"
width="648px" height="918px" viewBox="0 0 648 918" enable-background="new 0 0 648 918" xml:space="preserve">

[magick]

We can reproduce the problem you posted and have a patch in ImageMagick 6.9.0-6 Beta available by sometime tomorrow. Thanks.

[jeffrey.berger]

Just getting back to this issue. Where/how can I find info about downloading/installing the Beta? (Mac OS 10.10.1)

Thanks!

[dlemstra]

This version has been published, you can just download the latest release.

[jeffrey.berger]

Thanks!