Chapter 24. XML and Multimedia: SMIL—The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language

by Andrew Watt

In this chapter

A First SMIL Document

Multimedia and XML

SMIL Modules

The Structure Module

Timing and Synchronization

The Animation Modules

Content Control Modules

The Layout Modules

The Linking Modules

The Media Objects Modules

The Transitions Modules

The Metainformation Module

SMIL Tools

Additional Resources

Roadmap

The Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) is the XML-based application language that allows the assembly and integration of multimedia components.

This chapter focuses primarily on SMIL version 2.0, which became a W3C Recommendation in August 2001. The full text of the recommendation can be accessed at http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-smil20-20010807/ ...

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