W3C Tutorial (15): W3C SMIL Activities

SMIL adds support for timing and media synchronization to the web.

SMIL adds support for timing and media synchronization to the web. SMIL

SMIL (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language) is designed to enable multimedia rendering on the web.

SMIL rendering can consist of audio, video, images, text, and other media types.

SMIL is an XML-based HTML-like language.

You can read more about SMIL in our SMIL tutorial. HTML TIME

HTML TIME refers to the timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions for HTML. Its purpose is to add timing and synchronization support for SMIL 1.0 to HTML.

HTML TIME is submitted to W3C by the following units: Microsoft, Macromedia, Compaq/Digital, and Digital Renaissance.

You can read more about HTML TIME in our SMIL Tutorial. HTML SMIL

HTML SMIL (an amendment to HTML TIME) was mentioned in an early draft SMIL 2.0.

After SMIL 2.0 became the W3C recommended standard, HTML SMIL was removed from SMIL 2.0 and became a separate working draft called XHTM SMIL. XHTML SMIL

XHTML SMIL provides support for SMIL 2.0 functionality in XHTML, such as action, media, timing, synchronization, and direct conversion.

XHTML SMIL is currently a record submitted to W3C, with the intention that XHTML SMIL can be used as the basis for integrating SMIL into XHTML.

You can read more about XHTML SMIL in our SMIL tutorial tutorial. HTML/XHTML SMIL History

15. June 1998 SMIL 1.0 becomes the W3C recommended standard. 18. September 1998 As a proposal to add SMIL 1.0 timing and synchronization to HTML, HTML TIME was submitted to W3C by Microsoft, Macromedia, Compaq/Digital, and Digital Renaissance. 25. February 2000 HTML TIME Renamed HTML SMIL was added to the working draft of SMIL 2.0. 22. June 2000 HTML SMIL was removed from the SMIL 2.0 working draft. 07. August 2001 SMIL 2.0 becomes W3C standard. 07. August 2001 HTML SMIL became a separate working draft, renamed XHTML SMIL. 31. January 2002 XHTML SMIL is resubmitted as a W3C record.

W3C SMIL specifications and timelines specification Draft/Proposal recommend SMIL 1.0 June 15, 1998 SMIL 2.0 August 7, 2001 SMIL 2.0 (2.ED) December 13, 2005 SMIL 2.1 December 13, 2005 HTML TIME September 18, 1998 HTML SMIL 22, 2000 XHTML SMIL August 7, 2001 XHTML SMIL Note January 31, 2002 W3C Reference

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