SVG embeds Ecmascript (or Javascript as the rest of the world knows it): https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html So not

SVG embeds Ecmascript (or Javascript as the rest of the world knows it): https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG11/script.html So not only do you get all the animation support from the attributes, you can fill in anything you need from scripting.