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+jQuery SVG Integration
+======================
+
+This plugin allows you to control/interact with SVG elements within your HTML documents.
+
+* Native SVG support in major browsers (but only IE9+).
+* Create a new SVG element or wrap an existing inline SVG element.
+* Animate SVG attributes with the svganim module.
+* Apply jQuery class/attribute/event functionality to SVG elements with the svgdom module.
+* Draw graphs with the svggraph module.
+* Plot functions with the svgplot module.
+
+Have a look at the plugin Web site, http://keith-wood.name/svg.html, for demonstrations of its abilities.
+
+For documentation on the functionality see http://keith-wood.name/svgRef.html.