W3C Tutorial (15): W3C SMIL Activities

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 June 22, 2000 XHTML SMIL August 7, 2001 XHTML SMIL Note January 31, 2002 W3C Reference
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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 presentation on the web. SMIL presentations can consist of audio, video, images, text, and other media types. SMIL is an HTML-like language based on XML. You can read more about SMIL in our SMIL tutorial. HTML TIME HTML TIME refers to Timed Interactive Multimedia Extensions for HTML. Its purpose is to add SMIL 1.0 timing and synchronization support to HTML. HTML TIME was submitted to the W3C by Microsoft, Macromedia, Compaq/Digital, and Digital Renaissance. You can read more about HTML TIME in our SMIL tutorial. HTML SMIL HTML SMIL (a revision of HTML TIME) was mentioned in an early SMIL 2.0 working draft. After SMIL 2.0 became a W3C Recommendation, HTML SMIL was removed from SMIL 2.0 and became a separate working draft named XHTM SMIL. XHTML SMIL XHTML SMIL provides support for SMIL 2.0 functionality in XHTML, such as actions, media, timing, synchronization, and direct transitions. XHTML SMIL is currently a record submitted to the W3C, with the intention that XHTML SMIL can be used as the basis for an effort to integrate SMIL into XHTML. You can read more about XHTML SMIL in our SMIL tutorial. History of HTML/XHTML SMIL 15. June 1998 SMIL 1.0 becomes a W3C recommendation. 18. September 1998 HTML TIME is submitted to the W3C by Microsoft, Macromedia, Compaq/Digital, and Digital Renaissance as a proposal to add SMIL 1.0 timing and synchronization to HTML. 25. February 2000 HTML TIME renamed HTML SMIL is added to the working draft of SMIL 2.0. 22. June 2000 HTML SMIL is removed from the SMIL 2.0 working draft. 07. August 2001 SMIL 2.0 becomes a W3C standard. 07. August 2001 HTML SMIL becomes an independent working draft and is renamed XHTML SMIL. 31. January 2002 XHTML SMIL is resubmitted as a W3C record. W3C SMIL Specification and Timeline	specification	Draft/Proposal	recommend