title: How to make an SVG element transparent (using SVGweb)
body: <p>In a SVG document, I want to make a <code>&lt;path&gt;</code>-element transparent. I tried <code>&lt;path fill="transparent /&gt;"</code> but this gives me a black surface in ie8 (which is the default color for unknown values).  I use SVGweb to display the SVG in ie8. How do I make it appear transparent in ie8?</p>
  
  <p>EDIT:</p>
  
  <p>According to the SVG-SPEC ( <a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#SpecifyingPaint">http://www.w3.org/TR/SVG/painting.html#SpecifyingPaint</a> ), the attribute <code>fill</code> takes a value of type <code>&lt;paint&gt;</code>. the value <code>currentColor</code> does work in ie8, yet it's not supported by ff and chrome. </p>
  
  <p>So I'd like to reshape my question:
  How do I make it appear transparent in ff, chrome and ie8 simultaneously?</p>