circle of elements

What i need is create a circle or ellipse from symbols like hearts,stars,smiles etc.
With text i can do like this:
<textPath xlink:href="#aplis3" startOffset="172.18px" id="textPath3074">
Is it possible ?

I asked Jon Frost about this.. he and a partner wrote the book on SVG - Learn SVG, you can find it at Learn SVG - The Web Graphics Standard : Tutorials, Maps, Books (http://www.LearnSVG.com).

He writes: "Yes, I wrote chapter 5 of the Learn SVG book and it covers that sort of thing. Text and animations on a curving path - that should do it. I'll try to post something for this tonight/tomorrow."

So hopefully you will get an answer in a day or two.

Eric