Scripting - SVG: Scalable Vector Graphics
instead, you can use var svgdoc=document.embeds["name_of_svg"].getsvgdocument(); to get a reference to an embedded svg document instead.
...et access to the document representing an svg document is to look at htmliframeelement.contentdocument (if the document is presented in an <iframe>) or htmlobjectelement.contentdocument (if the document is presented in an <object> element), like this: var svgdoc = document.getelementbyid("iframe_element").contentdocument; in addition, the <iframe>, <embed>, and <object> elements offer a method, getsvgdocument(), which returns the xmldocument representing the element's embedded svg or null if the element doesn't represent an svg document.
... you can also use document.getelementbyid("svg_elem_name").getsvgdocument(), which gives the same result.

Document Object Model (DOM) - Web APIs
type svganimatedangle svganimatedboolean svganimatedenumeration svganimatedinteger svganimatedlength svganimatedlengthlist svganimatednumber svganimatednumberlist svganimatedpathdata svganimatedpoints svganimatedpreserveaspectratio svganimatedrect svganimatedstring svganimatedtransformlist smil-related interfaces elementtimecontrol timeevent other svg interfaces getsvgdocument shadowanimation svgcolorprofilerule svgcssrule svgdocument svgexception svgexternalresourcesrequired svgfittoviewbox svglangspace svglocatable svgrenderingintent svgstylable svgtests svgtransformable svgunittypes svguseelementshadowroot svgurireference svgviewspec svgzoomandpan svgzoomevent specifications specification status comment ...