<!-- The SVG file referenced in our <image> tag uses itself as an <image>. Currently, we don't paint recursively-referenced images beyond the first level. So, the <image> element inside our helper document doesn't get painted, and we end up only showing one blue circle. --> <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" width="100" height="100"> <image width="100" height="100" xlink:href="svg-image-recursive-1a.svg"/> </svg>