This library provides the functionality needed to read in a SVG document as defined by the SVG WC3 recommendation. After it successfully reads in a SVG document, it provides an easy to use and efficient interface that allows complete access to the elements inside the SVG document. Separate rendering entities can use this interface to gather data needed for the actual rendering of the SVG document.

As of this writing, the latest SVG specification is version 1.1, which can found on the WC3 SVG 1.1 specification web site . Given that this specification is so large and the life span of Sugar so short, not all features have been implemented. A few key features were selected to be implemented in order to provide a useful initial implementation of Sugar.