Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language
<hypertext, language, multimedia, text, World-Wide Web> (SMIL) A language
based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), that enables people without
programming or scripting backgrounds to author multimedia presentations in a
simple text editor. SMIL is suitable for use on the World-Wide Web.
For example, a developer can write SMIL to display an image after an audio track
ends.
SMIL uses two main tags: parallel and sequential. It refers to media objects by
URLs, allowing them to be shared between presentations and stored on different
servers for load balancing. The language can also associate different media
objects with different bandwidths.
SMIL 1.0 became an official recommendation of the World Wide Web Consortium W3C
in June 1998.
W3C.
(2000-04-21)
Nearby terms:
SYMPL « SYN « sync « Synchronized Multimedia
Integration Language » synchronous » Synchronous
Data Link Control » Synchronous Digital Hierarchy
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