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From: Thierry Michel <tmichel@...>
Date: Mon, Dec 1, 2008 at 9:40 AM
Subject: SMIL 3.0 is a now W3C Recommendation
To: www-smil <www-smil@...>



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 www-smil@... - (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.
>
>
>


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