SMIL

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SMIL

• F.Melkonyan
• Barcelona,2002

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Content

• What is SMIL?
• History
• General rules
• SMIL 1.0 elements
• SMIL 2.0
• HTMLTIME
• Present and future
• Examples

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What is SMIL

• Synchronized Multimeda Integration Language
• Synchronizing video, audio, images, text
• The area in which it can be used
• Slideshows
• Advertisement
• Education
• Product information
• Users guides
• Etc..

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W3C recomendation

• Working Group in Synchronized Multimeda(SYMM)-
  March 1997
• SMIL 1.0-recomendation in June 1998
• SMIL 2.0 recomendation in August 2001

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General Rules

• The smil document start with
• ltsmilgt
• .....here goes other markups....
• lt/smilgt

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Rules

• It is required a body section
• ltsmilgt
• ltheadgt..lt/headgt
• ltbodygt
• ......
• lt/bodygt
• lt/smilgt

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Rules

• Attribute,tags-lower case
• Always closing tag
• ltimg srcmyimage.gif/gt
• ltaudio scrpiano.ra/gt
• The value of an attribute in quotation
• lt!this is a comment--gt

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SMIL 1.0 element

• ltsmilgt..lt/smilgt,children ltheadgt and ltbodygt
• ltheadgt..lt/headgt,children ltlayoutgtand ltmetagt
• ltlayoutgt..lt/layoutgt, children ltroot-layoutgt and
  ltregiongt
• ltroot-layoutgt,define weight and height of the
  window
• ltregiongt,control the position of the media
  elements
• ltbodygt..lt/bodygt,children ltswitchgt ltimggt lttextgt
  ltvideogt ltaudiogt ltagt ltpargt ltseqgt

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SMIL document

• ltsmilgt
• ltheadgt
• ltlayoutgt
• ltroot-layout weight200 height300/gt
• lt/layoutgt
• lt/headgt
• ltbodygt
• ....lt/bodygt
• lt/smilgt

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SMIL 2.0

• Extend the functuonallity of SMIL 1.0
• Define a set of reusable modules
• Modules grouped into functional areas
• 1.Animation
• 2.Content Control
• 3.Layout
• 4.Linking
• 5.Media Object
• 6.Metainformation
• 7.Structure
• 8.Timing and Synchronization
• 9.Time Manipulation
• 10.Transition Effects

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SMIL 2.0 define a set of language profile that
incorporate SMIL 2.0 modules

• SMIL 2.0 Basic profile
• SMIL 2.0 Language profile
• XHTMLSMIL profile

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HTMLTIME

• Microsoft implementation
• Not included in SMIL 2.0 recomendation
• HTMLTIME supported in Internet Explorer 5.0 and
  later

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Present and future
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HTMLTIME
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Examples..

• ltseqgtand ltpargt
• SMIL elements review made with SMIL

ltseqgt
ltpargt with dur5s
ltpargt dur5s
ltpargt with dur5
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References

• www.w3c.org/AudioVideo/ the official world wide
  web consortium web site about SMIL
• www.cwi.nl/media/SMIL/ - SMIL examples and
  publications
• service.real.com/help/library/encoders.html
  Real Networks guide on SMIL
• www.wdvl.com/Authoring/Languages/XML/SMIL/Intro/
  -Web developers web site Introduction to SMIL