SMIL

SMIL (pronounced "smile") is an abbreviation for the Synchronzied Multimedia Integration Language. It is a W3C Recommendation for describing multimedia presentations using XML. It defines timing markup, layout markup, animations, visual transitions, and media embedding, among other things. Often used in streaming media presentations.

External Resources:

• SMIL 2.0 Specification (W3C Recommendation) (http://www.w3.org/TR/smil20)
• W3C's SMIL Web Site (http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo)
• Tutorial (http://www.helio.org/products/smil/tutorial/)

See Also:

• Semantic Web