SMIL
Everything cannot be expressed in XML
Some media must use their own format
audio, video, photographic images, etc
The
orchestration
of the display can be in XML, though:
layout of the various media objects
timing of display
synchronization of media
interaction
metadata, content control
This is what
SMIL
does, and
that
can be well
integrated
with other documents (just like graphics, maths)
Ivan Herman, W3C Head of Offices
16 July, 2002
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