Guidelines

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File and Content Guidelines

File Guidelines

• All files should be your own work, and dedicated by you into the Public Domain. Use the Creative Commons form to dedicate a work to Public Domain: http://creativecommons.org/license/publicdomain-2
• You can also upload files you have converted or found that are known to already be in the Public Domain. Please provide source documentation in this case, such as the original source and the year it was published. Use the "Submit Clip Art From An External Source" link under Submit in this case.
• Please submit only SVG or SVGZ files. (WMF, PDF files or compressed ZIP, TAR.BZ2 or TAR.GZ files may be accepted in the future.)
• As a thumbnail you may also upload a PNG file (JPG and GIF files also work but will not permit thumbnail preview at this time). In this case upload the PNG file first or make it the top most file using the "manage files" link on the page you create with your submission.
• Filenames must end in .svg, .svgz and should not contain slashes (/, \), commas, or single/double quotes (',") but do not include these suffixes in the NAME field of the submission form.
• Files should be dedicated to Public Domain. Files should also have their Metadata license as Public Domain.
• Make sure all fonts/type have been converted to paths/outlines. Not everyone has the same fonts on their computer. To convert text to paths, select the text in Inkscape, and hit Ctrl + Shift + C (or go to "Path" menu and chose "Object to Path").
• Do not submit files with embedded bitmap image.
• Other than as listed above, the only place for bitmap or raster images (PNG, JPG, GIF etc.) is for examples or requests.
• Non-SVG files will be moved to the Requests area or deleted.
• DO NOT submit any trademarked or copyrighted graphics. These images will not be included in the repository unless explicitly placed into the public domain. Most logos are not in the public domain so do not include them even as part of an image (swoosh on clothing, brand name on a car, etc.)
• Crop the display area tightly around the image as shown here, but remember that the cropping is based on the actual shapes - certain effects like blur will increase the image size and manually adjusting the boundary may be necessary. You may want to leave the equivalent of a few pixels around the image where appropriate:

Content Guidelines

• Open Clip Art Library accepts most submissions. We do not censor the content of the submissions, but rather allow for keywords to be embedded inside the images so that others might filter based on their situation. As a corollary, the Library will not reject images that are legal in most countries just because they are illegal in a minority of countries.
• Every image should have multiple keywords or tags used to describe the content submitted. Keywords are the primary way that images are sorted, filtered, and processed.
• Keywords/tags provide in an image should try to be objective descriptions of the content they represent. Think of the words you would use to find the image you are submitting. Try to stay away from placing subjective or judgmental words ("objectionable, evil, bad") that may be limited to particular regions, or subcultures.
• There is a "NSFW" Not Safe for Work option on the submission form for any images that some people might find objectionable.
• Refrain from signing your work or adding titles as part of the graphic. These reduce the usefulness of the clip art, and in most cases, people will need to edit this out to use your submission. You can enter this information in the svg metadata as well as in the appropriate fields when you upload your submission.