Multimedia and XML
An XML application language might not seem, at first sight, to be an appropriate choice to support multimedia because many formats, such as video and audio files, are binary in nature. However, SMIL does not attempt to create or define the underlying binary files. It simply aims to provide a way to say which parts of a multimedia presentation are to be presented—depending on a variety of circumstances—and to define the timing and screen placement of those media components.
SMIL and Internationalization
One of the benefits of XML is the way in which it supports internationalization of data contained in XML documents or documents created in XML application languages.
SMIL is no exception. One useful localization technique using ...
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