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This pseudo-category is in fact a document explaining a technique to optimize and―in a sense―simplify SVG files. The files in this category merely constitute a collection of examples illustrating that technique. These hidden categories are only intended for Wikimedia contributors who want to add or optimize SVG files, but the documented techniques are in no way specific to Wikimedia. Besides being scalable, the images represented by the files in this category have nothing in common (only the files have historical implementation details in common).

Most of these documents are in a poor state, as of October 2024, and the effect of some of these so-called simplification techniques would be considered as complexification by most.

To address these issues, see discussion about an action plan.

In many cases pattern filling can do it as well as clipping.

The definition of a fill pattern can be a useful alternative to the definition of a clipping area (e.g. , ).

For clipping and pattern filling the xmlns:xlink namespace is not necessary.
Clipping needs:

the definition(s) of its shape(s), with an ID, e.g. <clipPath id="x"><path d="m…"/></clipPath>
that can then be used e.g. <path clip-path="url(#x)" d="m…"/>

When more statements need one clipping, they can be grouped e.g. <g clip-path="url(#x)"> …

See the explanations in SVG simplified Coats of Arms and some examples in Valid SVG created with Inkscape-hand-replaced-CoA (e.g. , , ). An example for clippings is at this talk.

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