is Raphaël using canvas or svg?

I've been looking for a good vector solution, and have heard 开发者_C百科good things about Raphaël. But all over its docs it talks about defining canvases, which just made me confused.

Is Raphaël a canvas or SVG library?

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In order to facilitate cross browser support, Raphael uses both VML and SVG.

Reference

• https://github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael

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When raphael says canvas it is own terminology and it is not referencing to the HTML5 canvas. It is a layer on top of SVG.