Linking in SVG
You have seen some use of linking in SVG already. Let's take a moment to look in a little more detail at linking in SVG.
XLink in SVG
Linking in SVG is founded on the XML Linking Language, XLink, to which you were introduced in Chapter 13, “Linking Information: XLink, XBase, and XInclude.” In SVG, only simple XLink links are used.
The <a> Element
The <a> element in SVG differs from the <a> element in HTML or XHTML in the detail of how links are expressed. An <a> element in SVG uses an xlink:href attribute to contain the value of the linked Web page or other resource.
We can add a rollover button (like the one we started the chapter with) to an <a> element by nesting the SVG button within it. If we assign the value of "SimpleWebPage.svg" ...
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