The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) Kuo-Hao Li

Introduction pronounced "smile" a language for describing audiovisual presentations easy to learn and understand an HTML-like language written in XML presentations can be written using a text- editor

What Can SMIL Do ? Create Internet or Intranet presentations Create slide-show presentations As the Internet answer to PowerPoint Can display multiple file types (text, video, audio...) display multiple files at the same time display files from multiple web servers contain links to other SMIL presentations defining sequences and duration of elements defining position and visibility of elements

SMIL At W3C SMIL has been in development since March 1997 SMIL was presented as a working draft in November 1997 SMIL 1.0 became a W3C Recommendation in. June SMIL 2.0 became a W3C Recommendation in August SMIL 2.1 became a W3C Recommendation in December SMIL 3.0 as a First Public Working Draft in December 2006 SMIL 3.0 as a First Public Working Draft

The goals of SMIL 2.1 allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations SMIL components are used for integrating timing into XHTML Extend the functionalities contained in the SMIL 2.0 incorporating features useful within the mobile industry

why should you use SMIL SMIL is free and open easy to learn and use provides capabilities beyond those of any multimedia format yet seen on the web