We introduce the theory 5754c7965f959" title="Click to view the MathML source">IHR of interacting Hopf algebras, parametrised over a principal ideal domain R. The axioms of 5754c7965f959" title="Click to view the MathML source">IHR are derived using Lack's approach to composing PROPs: they feature two Hopf algebra and two Frobenius algebra structures on four different monoid–comonoid pairs. This construction is instrumental in showing that 5754c7965f959" title="Click to view the MathML source">IHR is isomorphic to the PROP of linear relations (i.e. subspaces) over the field of fractions of R.