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= Declare namespaces for SVG and XLink= | = Declare namespaces for SVG and XLink= | ||
The namespace declaration for SVG is required. If you don't specify it, nothing will be rendered. The XLink namespace is required if you use <use/>, <image/>, <a/> ... | |||
* | *The SVG namespace: http://www.w3.org/2000/svg | ||
* | *The XLink namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink | ||
A simple SVG file may look like this: | |||
<?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> | <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?> | ||
<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" | <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" | ||
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> | xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"> | ||
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Similarly, declaring a correct DOCTYPE for .svg files is important as well, instances have been observed where an SVG file without namespace and incorrect doctype did work in Adobe SVG, but with the namespace added it didn’t work, until the DOCTYPE was corrected as well. The doctype is supposed to be: | Similarly, declaring a correct DOCTYPE for .svg files is important as well, instances have been observed where an SVG file without namespace and incorrect doctype did work in Adobe SVG, but with the namespace added it didn’t work, until the DOCTYPE was corrected as well. The doctype is supposed to be: | ||
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> | <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> | ||
This should solve the cases where the addition of the namespaces required by Mozilla breaks rendering with Adobe SVG. | This should solve the cases where the addition of the namespaces required by Mozilla breaks rendering with Adobe SVG. |