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# Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 2.0)

## W3C Recommendation 07 August 2001

This version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/REC-smil20-20010807/
  (Other formats: single HTML file, zip archive)
Latest version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/smil20
Previous version:
  http://www.w3.org/TR/2001/PR-smil20-20010605/
Editors:
  Jeff Ayars (RealNetworks), Dick Bulterman (Oratrix), Aaron Cohen (Intel), Ken Day (Macromedia), Erik Hodge (RealNetworks), Philipp Hoschka (W3C), Eric Hyche (RealNetworks), Muriel Jourdan (INRIA), Michelle Kim (IBM), Kenichi Kubota (Panasonic), Rob Lanphier (RealNetworks), Nabil Layaïda (INRIA), Thierry Michel (W3C), Debbie Newman (Microsoft), Jacco van Ossenbruggen (CWI), Lloyd Rutledge (CWI), Bridie Saccocio (RealNetworks), Patrick Schmitz (Microsoft), Warner ten Kate (Philips).

Copyright ©2001 W3C® (MIT, INRIA, Keio), All Rights Reserved. W3C liability, trademark, document use and software licensing rules apply.

## Abstract

This document specifies the second version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 2.0 has the following two design goals:

- Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL 2.0, an author can describe the temporal behavior of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen.
- Allow reusing of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, in particular those who need to represent timing and synchronization. For example, SMIL 2.0 components are used for integrating timing into XHTML [XHTML10] and into SVG [SVG].

## Status of this document

This section describes the status of this document at the time of its publication. Other documents may supersede this document. The latest status of this document series is maintained at the W3C.

This is the W3C Recommendation of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) 2.0.

This document has been reviewed by W3C Members and other interested parties and has been endorsed by the Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be used as reference material or cited as a normative reference from another document. W3C's role in making the Recommendation is to draw attention to the specification and to promote its widespread deployment. This enhances the functionality and interoperability of the Web.

This document has been produced by the SYMM Working Group [members only] as part of the W3C Synchronized Multimedia Activity. The goals of the SYMM Working Group are discussed in the SYMM Working Group charter [members only].

The SYMM Working Group considers that all features in the SMIL 2.0 Recommendation have been implemented at least twice in an interoperable way. The SYMM Working Group Charter defines this as the implementations having been developed independently by different organizations and each test in the public SMIL 2.0 test suite has at least two passing implementations. The Implementation results are publicly released and are intended solely to be used as proof of SMIL 2.0 implementability. It is only a snap shot of the actual implementation behaviors at one moment of time, as these implementations may not be immediately available to the public. The interoperability data is not intended to be used for assessing or grading the performance of any individual implementation.

There are patent disclosures and license commitments associated with the SMIL 2.0 Recommendation, these may be found on the SYMM Patent Statement page in conformance with W3C policy.

This version of this document incorporates some editorial changes from earlier versions.

Please report errors in this document to www-smil@w3.org - (public archives).
The list of known errors in this specification is available at http://www.w3.org/2001/07/REC-SMIL20-20010731-errata.

The authors of this document are the SYMM Working Group members. Different parts of the document have different editors.
The W3C staff contact for work on SMIL is Thierry MICHEL.

The English version of this specification is the only normative version. Information about translations of this document is available at http://www.w3.org/AudioVideo/SMIL/translations.

A list of current W3C Recommendations and other technical documents can be found at http://www.w3.org/TR.

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