For all you SMIL fans...
---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Thierry Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:40 AM Subject: SMIL 3.0 is a now W3C Recommendation To: www-smil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> SMIL 3.0 is a now W3C Recommendation http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SMIL3-20081201/ Here's the news item (currently top story on home page): http://www.w3.org/News/2008#item202 Thierry Michel W3C Team Contact for the SYMM Working Group. > ----------------------------------- > Quoting from the Recommendation > ----------------------------------- > > This version: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/REC-SMIL3-20081201/ > Latest SMIL 3 version: > http://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL3/ > Latest SMIL Recommendation: > http://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL/ > Previous version: > http://www.w3.org/TR/2008/PR-SMIL3-20081006/ > Editors: > Dick Bulterman, CWI - Jack Jansen, CWI - Pablo Cesar, CWI - > Sjoerd Mullender, CWI - Eric Hyche, RealNetworks - Marisa > DeMeglio, DAISY Consortium - Julien Quint, DAISY Consortium - > Hiroshi Kawamura, NRCD - Daniel Weck, NRCD - Xabiel García > Pañeda, Universidad de Oviedo - David Melendi, Universidad de > Oviedo - Samuel Cruz-Lara, INRIA - Marcin Hanclik ACCESS Co., > Ltd - Daniel F. Zucker, Nokia - Thierry Michel, W3C. > > > Abstract > > This document specifies the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia > Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 3.0 has the > following design goals: > > * Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write > interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL, an author may > describe the temporal behaviour 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 components are used for > integrating timing into XHTML [XHTML10] and into SVG [SVG]. > * Extend the functionalities contained in the SMIL 2.1 [SMIL21] > into new or revised SMIL 3.0 modules. > * Define new SMIL 3.0 Profiles incorporating features useful > within the industry. > > Status of this document [excerpts] > > This document has been reviewed by W3C Members, by software developers, > and by other W3C groups and interested parties, and is endorsed by the > Director as a W3C Recommendation. It is a stable document and may be > used as reference material or cited 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 SMIL 3.0 edition is a new version, it extends the functionalities > contained in SMIL 2.1 [SMIL21], incorporating new features useful within > the industry. > > This SMIL3.0 W3C Recommendation supersedes the 13 December 2005 SMIL 21 > Recommendation [SMIL21]. > > The SMIL 3.0 test suite along with an implementation report are publicly > released and are intended solely to be used as proof of SMIL 3.0 > implementability. It is only a snapshot 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. > > This document has been produced by the SYMM Working Group as part of the > W3C Synchronized Multimedia Activity, following the procedures set out > for the W3C Process. The goals of the SYMM Working Group are discussed > in the SYMM Working Group Charter. The authors of this document are the > SYMM Working Group members. Different parts of the document have > different editors. > > Please report errors in this document to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - (public > archives) including the prefix '[SMIL30 REC]' in the subject line. > > This document was produced by a group operating under the 5 February > 2004 W3C Patent Policy. W3C maintains a public list of any patent > disclosures made in connection with the deliverables of the group; that > page also includes instructions for disclosing a patent. An individual > who has actual knowledge of a patent which the individual believes > contains Essential Claim(s) must disclose the information in accordance > with section 6 of the W3C Patent Policy. > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
