I want to use image in a group definded in defs tag. But on Chrome nothing works. In Firefox only the .png file is displayd. Only Rectangle apears but with strange bug in Chrome. Is this is supported by SVG or im not using it right. plane.svg <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg baseProfile="full" width="500" height="500" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1"> <defs> <g id="car"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="30" height="30" fill="#ff0000" /> <image xlink:href="items/car.svg" x="0" y="0" width="30" height="30" /> <image xlink:href="items/t6k.png" x="100" y="100" width="140" height="140" /> </g> </defs> <use xlink:href="#car" x="0" y="0" width="600" height="600" /> </svg> images/car.svg <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG 1.1//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/1.1/DTD/svg11.dtd"> <svg baseProfile="full" width="30" height="30" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="1.1"> <rect x="0" y="0" width="30" height="30" fill="red" stroke="green" stroke-width="3"/> </svg> Download code: http://www.4shared.com/file/9gNi5gCO/svg_bug.html