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To provide a better answer than the GP:

.PDF .SVG .DXF/.DWG

All of these are open standards or basically open standards which are already widely implemented and allow the use cases mentioned (vector and raster combinations and layers) and also many of the ones you have thrown in.

Of course the real problem is that they are far too complex for most people's needs so why bother.

People really don't really often need to share the 'layers' of images combined with vector data (usually you use the layers yourself then just share the final product - a flattened JPG or similar), however if they do the above formats are there for them.



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