Open source

XIV.6 November + December 2007
Page: 41
Digital Citation

Open standard and open sourced SMIL for interactivity


Authors:
Daniel Zucker, Dick Bulterman

SMIL, Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, was the first member in the family of open, XML-based standards developed and supported by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). It is an important resource in the interaction designer's toolbox. It can be used not only to develop time-based multimedia presentations, but also to implement media-rich interfaces for PC or embedded applications and devices. SMIL is supported by a number of open source players [1, 2], as well as by Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Apple's QuickTime, and RealNetwork's RealPlayer. SMIL 1.0 was first published as a W3C recommendation in June 1998. The SYMM Workgroup…




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