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HTML
<svg id="layer"/>JavaScript
// parse svg element (here rect) and add it to parent node
var parsed = jQuery.clean(['<rect xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="10" x="10" y="10" style="fill:rgb(0,0,255)"/>']);
var elem = parsed[0];
var parent = document.getElementById('layer');
parent.appendChild(elem);