1 Introduction

This is the specification for SVG 1.2, an extension to SVG 1.1 that provides features requested by the implementor and content design communities.

It is believed that this specification is in conformance with the Web Architecture [AWWW].

Defining an SVG 1.2 document

SVG 1.2 uses the same definitions for conforming SVG Documents and Document Fragments as SVG 1.1. The differences from SVG 1.1 are:

• The value of the version attribute on the root-most svg element must be "1.2".
• There is no official DTD for SVG 1.2, and therefore no official way to specify the DOCTYPE for an SVG 1.2 document. Instead, validation is provided by the SVG 1.2 RelaxNG schema.

The following is an example of an SVG 1.2 file:

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.2">

  <rect x="10" y="10" width="10" height="10"/>

</svg>