- One element represents one graphic object,as with paths
- Syntactic sugar for the paths of common geometric shapes
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG August 1999//EN"
"http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/SVG-19990812.dtd">
<svg width="4in" height="3in">
<rect x="20" y="30" width="50" height="90"/>
<ellipse cx="90" cy="80" rx="45" ry="65/>
<polygon points="20,20 50,100 200,80 70,300"/>
<path d="M 20,20 L 50,100 200,80 70,300 z"/>
</svg>
