News
Added March 19, 2008
Power of Media presentation
video, audio, images and text in SMIL
Added February 25, 2008
March of the Free Formats presentation
Theora/SMIL example
Updated January 19, 2008
SMIL 3.0 Candidate Recommendation
January 15, 2008
still with 'smilText' :)
Added January 12, 2008
SMIL Timesheets 1.0 WD Overview
First Public Working Draft
and Last Call Working Draft!
Added January 5, 2008
treePoem presentation
Theora video in SMIL
Added November 24, 2007
Something I had to say
'Social Commentary' presentation.
There, now I feel better :)
Added July 25, 2007
'SMIL at Work' presentation.
When SMILtext and Timed Text are ready
SMIL is Ready.
Added July 21, 2007
Make Whole Grains Wholesome
'Sprout' presentation
Updated July 17, 2007
SMIL 3.0 WD July 13, 2007 Overview
Last Call, still with 'SMILtext' :)
Superseded by SMIL 3.0 CR January 15, 2008
Added January 3, 2007
SMIL 3.0 WD December 20, 2006 Overview
with 'SMILtext' :)
Updated November 20, 2006
Timed Text 1.0 DFXP W3C Candidate Recommendation Overview
Updated May 1, 2006
Timed Text 1.0 DFXP 2nd Last Call WD Overview
Added Jan 11, 2006
'SMILe Song'
Updated Dec 16, 2005
SMIL 2.1 W3C Recommendation Overview
Added Dec 8, 2005
'Pop your Amaranth'
Updated Oct 6, 2005
SMIL 2.1 W3C PR Overview
Added Aug 3, 2005
'Mia Chia' Presentation
Updated May 21, 2005
SMIL 2.1 W3C CR Overview
Added Apr 27, 2005
'Real Progress' Presentation
Updated Mar 23, 2005
Timed Text 1.0 DFXP WD Overview
Added Jan 4, 2005
'Gettysburg' Presentation
Added Jan 4, 2005
'Copyright' Presentation
This website is about SMIL, but with the current patent system, SMIL cannot shine. Fortunately the US Congress is starting the process of patent reform :) With genuine reform the country can start moving forward as it did in the 1990's and IT can lead the way. If this Congress needs help to get the job done then ipaction.org is there to help, by sending more candidates looking to balance the system of our IP law.
When the Congress gets done with patents, copyright law can use some work also. Congress has continually extended copyright law from the original, 1790 of 14 years plus 14, to current law, life of the author plus 70 years. We now have a law that is stealing from the public by preventing images, audio, text to be recycled into new works of art. A byproduct of the long copyright law are monopoly monsters, such as the RIAA, MPAA, which are hell-bent on controlling the progress of technology, in turn the progress of society. Now back to SMIL :)
The Multimedia developments related to SMIL, to keep an eye on in 2008 are the following, with special attention to Timed Text, the W3C is now working to standardize Text Media. Add your input Timed Text Mailing List Archive.
- Vorbis audio
- Theora video
- W3C's Timed text
- Helix, SMIL playing everywhere
- AMBULANT multi-OS SMIL players
On this website are some examples of SMIL, a language like HTML, where with a simple text editor, anybody in the world can communicate their ideas as effectively as a Television commercial. SMIL 1.0 allows you to create the areas for media objects and then determine when to play them. SMIL 2.0 adds interactivity, transitions. XHTML + SMIL give SMIL 2.0 abilities to XHTML elements.
Have fun, and remember the best way to learn SMIL, is with an example on your computer, that you can make changes to and observe for yourself, the power of a simple text-based language.