1  <?xml version="1.0" standalone="no"?>
 2  <!DOCTYPE svg PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD SVG April 1999//EN" "http://www.w3.org/Graphics/SVG/svg-19990412.dtd">
 3  <svg width="4in" height="3in">
 4    <defs>
 5      <symbol id="fourstar">
 6  <!-- Define the pattern using standard graphics elements
 7             such as paths, images, text and shapes -->
 8      </symbol>
 9    </defs>
10    <ellipse style="fill: url(#fourstar)" major="40" minor="27"/>
11  </svg>