Challenge 2: Choosing the Right Native Format for Two Different Recipients — Solution Walkthrough

The answer:

Per this chapter's own comparison table, Inkscape's native format is
.svg — the open, web-standard format the web developer needs directly,
with no conversion required. Illustrator's native format is .ai, the
proprietary format the print shop's own Illustrator-based workflow
would expect.

Why sending the wrong format to either recipient causes friction:

Handing the web developer an .ai file would require them to either
have Illustrator available or convert the file themselves before it's
usable on the web. Handing the print shop an .svg file might work
depending on their own software, but a print shop built around
Illustrator workflows will be better served by the native .ai file,
which preserves everything Illustrator-specific about the design.

What this means practically:

Both an .svg export and a native .ai file can reasonably be produced
from the same underlying design — the colleague should export the SVG
for the web developer directly from whichever tool they're using, and
save (or export) the .ai file separately for the print shop.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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This exercise checks that Inkscape's own native SVG format and
Illustrator's own native .ai format are correctly matched to the
recipient whose workflow actually expects that specific format.