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SVG Elements

The 63 elements of the W3C SVG 2 element index (as documented in the MDN SVG element reference), plus 25 obsolete or withdrawn elements flagged as deprecated. Each record captures the element name, a functional category (such as shape, filter, gradient, animation, text, container, or font), a concise description of the element's purpose, and a boolean flag indicating whether the element is deprecated. This dataset spans SVG 1.1 and SVG 2 elements including all filter primitives (fe*), font-related elements now removed from the SVG 2 specification, and withdrawn draft elements such as mesh gradients.

v1.0.0 MIT 88 records Updated 2026-10-05 stable Source:  MDN SVG element reference, W3C SVG 2 element index

Quick fetch

Stable URL. CORS-enabled. No auth.

bash 
curl https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.json

Or use as a typed import: import { svgElements } from "https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.ts"

Formats

  • JSON 17.8 KB

    /v1/svg-elements.json

    Open

    min: 15.2 KB · /v1/svg-elements.min.json

  • CSV 10.6 KB

    /v1/svg-elements.csv

    Open
  • TypeScript 18.0 KB

    /v1/svg-elements.ts

    export const svgElements

    type SvgElement = (typeof svgElements)[number]

    Open

Schema

Each record in the dataset has the following shape.

Schema
Field Type Description Example
element string The SVG element tag name without angle brackets circle
category string Functional category such as shape, filter, gradient, animation, text, or container shape
description string Concise description of the element's purpose and usage Draws a circle based on a center point and a radius.
deprecated boolean True if the element is deprecated and no longer recommended for use false

Preview

First 10 records.

Data preview
elementcategorydescriptiondeprecated
acontainerCreates a hyperlink to other web pages, files, locations within the same page, email addresses, or any other URL.false
altGlyphtextAllowed sophisticated selection of the glyphs used to render its child character data. SVG 1.1 only; removed in SVG 2.true
altGlyphDeftextDefined a substitution representation for glyphs, referenced from altGlyph. SVG 1.1 only; removed in SVG 2.true
altGlyphItemtextProvided a set of candidate glyph substitutions within an altGlyphDef. SVG 1.1 only; removed in SVG 2.true
animateanimationDefines how an attribute of an element changes over time, providing simple animations on SVG elements.false
animateColoranimationSpecified a color transformation over time. Deprecated in SVG 1.1 and removed in SVG 2; use animate instead.true
animateMotionanimationMoves an element along a defined motion path over time.false
animateTransformanimationAnimates a transformation attribute on a target element, allowing animations of rotation, scaling, translation, and skewing.false
circleshapeDraws a circle based on a center point and a radius.false
clipPathclipping-maskingDefines a clipping path used by the clip-path property, restricting the region to which paint can be applied.false

Showing 10 of 88. View full data:  JSON · CSV

Fetch examples

Drop-in snippets in five languages.

curl 
curl -sSL https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.json | jq '.[0]'
JavaScript 
import type { SvgElement } from "https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.ts";

const res = await fetch("https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.min.json");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Fetch failed: ${res.status}`);
const svgElements: SvgElement[] = await res.json();
console.log(svgElements[0]);
Python 
import urllib.request, json

with urllib.request.urlopen("https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.min.json") as r:
    svgElements = json.load(r)

print(svgElements[0])
Go 
package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"net/http"
)

func main() {
	resp, err := http.Get("https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.min.json")
	if err != nil { panic(err) }
	defer resp.Body.Close()

	var data []map[string]any
	if err := json.NewDecoder(resp.Body).Decode(&data); err != nil {
		panic(err)
	}
	fmt.Println(data[0])
}
Rust 
use serde_json::Value;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let body = ureq::get("https://staticdata.dev/v1/svg-elements.min.json").call()?.into_string()?;
    let data: Vec<Value> = serde_json::from_str(&body)?;
    println!("{:?}", data.first());
    Ok(())
}

Sources and methodology

The data is curated from the MDN SVG element reference and cross-referenced with the W3C SVG 2 specification. SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is an XML-based vector image format for two-dimensional graphics with support for interactivity and animation. The SVG specification defines a rich set of elements spanning geometry primitives, paint servers, filter effects, animation primitives, text rendering, and structural containers.

Elements are grouped into functional categories: shape elements (circle, ellipse, line, path, polygon, polyline, rect) describe geometric forms; container elements (defs, g, marker, pattern, svg, switch, symbol) group or define reusable content; gradient elements (linearGradient, radialGradient, stop, hatch, mesh*) define paint servers; filter elements (filter, fe*) compose raster-based effects; animation elements (animate, animateMotion, animateTransform, mpath, set) drive time-based changes; text elements (text, textPath, tspan) handle typographic rendering; descriptive elements (desc, metadata, title) carry accessible and machine-readable metadata; and font elements are now entirely deprecated in SVG 2 in favour of CSS font loading.

Deprecated elements (deprecated: true) are those not in the SVG 2 element index: the SVG 1.1 font elements (font, font-face, glyph, etc.), other SVG 1.1 elements removed in SVG 2 (altGlyph, altGlyphDef, altGlyphItem, animateColor, color-profile, cursor, tref, glyphRef, hkern, vkern), and the paint-server elements hatch, hatchpath, mesh, meshgradient, meshpatch, meshrow and solidcolor, which appeared in SVG 2 drafts but were removed before Candidate Recommendation and are not supported by any browser. These should not be used in new SVG content.

Versioning

URLs under /v1/ are stable: field names and types will not change in a way that breaks consumers. Values can be corrected or records added when the upstream source changes; schema-incompatible updates ship under a new version path. See the svg-elements changelog for this dataset's history.

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