is Raphaël using canvas or svg?

Question

I've been looking for a good vector solution, and have heard 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?

Answer 1

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

Reference

• http://wiki.github.com/DmitryBaranovskiy/raphael/

Answer 2

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.