The <a> element creates a hyperlink around its child content.

It is a transparent grouping container: it draws nothing of its own and does not establish a new coordinate system, but its children render in-place exactly as if the <a> were not there.

DOM object: SVGAElement
SVG2 spec: https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/linking.html#AElement

Unlike "<g>", <a> is allowed both inside and outside of text content. When it appears inside a "<text>" (or "<tspan>") flow it behaves like a "<tspan>" — a text-content group whose text children participate in the surrounding text layout, and which supports the per-glyph positioning attributes x, y, dx, dy, and rotate. When it appears outside of text it behaves like a "<g>", grouping arbitrary graphics elements.

The link target is given by href (or the legacy xlink:href). Donner has no interactive navigation, so the target is parsed and retained but does not affect rendering.

<text x="20" y="40">
  <a href="https://www.w3.org/TR/SVG2/">SVG 2</a>
</text>