<s>
Synchronized	B-Language
Multimedia	I-Language
Integration	I-Language
Language	I-Language
(	O
SMIL	O
(	O
)	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
World	O
Wide	O
Web	O
Consortium	O
recommended	O
Extensible	B-Protocol
Markup	I-Protocol
Language	I-Protocol
(	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
markup	O
language	O
to	O
describe	O
multimedia	O
presentations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
markup	O
is	O
written	O
in	O
XML	B-Protocol
,	O
and	O
has	O
similarities	O
to	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
various	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
multimedia	O
messaging	O
on	O
mobile	O
phones	O
,	O
digital	O
signage	O
,	O
and	O
advanced	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
discontinued	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
other	O
XML-based	O
standards	O
like	O
SVG	B-Application
,	O
RSS	O
,	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
,	O
MusicXML	O
,	O
and	O
TEI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
most	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
natively	O
support	O
SMIL	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
browsers	B-Application
do	O
not	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
SMIL	O
support	O
in	O
Google	O
Chrome	O
is	O
uncertain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Playback	O
of	O
SMIL	O
content	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
through	O
various	O
software	O
and	O
hardware	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
2.0	O
introduced	O
a	O
modular	O
language	O
structure	O
that	O
facilitated	O
integration	O
of	O
SMIL	O
semantics	O
into	O
other	O
XML-based	O
languages	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Basic	O
animation	O
and	O
timing	O
modules	O
were	O
integrated	O
into	O
Scalable	B-Application
Vector	I-Application
Graphics	I-Application
(	O
SVG	B-Application
)	O
and	O
the	O
SMIL	O
modules	O
formed	O
a	O
basis	O
for	O
Timed-Text	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
modular	O
structure	O
made	O
it	O
possible	O
to	O
define	O
the	O
standard	O
SMIL	O
language	O
profile	O
and	O
the	O
XHTML+SMIL	B-General_Concept
language	O
profile	O
with	O
common	O
syntax	O
and	O
standard	O
semantics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kino	O
:	O
a	O
non-linear	O
DV	O
editor	O
for	O
Linux	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMILGen	O
by	O
RealNetworks	O
,	O
a	O
SMIL	O
(	O
and	O
XML	B-Protocol
)	O
authoring	O
tool	O
designed	O
to	O
ease	O
the	O
process	O
of	O
XML	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIRK	O
presentation	O
authoring	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
production	O
of	O
accessible	O
slide	O
shows	O
outputting	O
to	O
SMIL	O
2.0	O
,	O
SMIL	O
1.0	O
,	O
XHTML	O
+	O
SMIL	O
,	O
HTML	B-Language
4.01	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMOX	O
Pad	O
and	O
SMOX	O
Editor	O
,	O
for	O
advanced	O
SMIL	O
and	O
HTML+Time	B-Language
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Validator	O
:	O
SMIL	O
1.0	O
,	O
SMIL	O
2.0	O
,	O
SMIL	O
2.0	O
Basic	O
and	O
XHTML+SMIL	B-General_Concept
by	O
CWI	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karaoke	O
demo	O
;	O
SMIL	O
version	O
,	O
you	O
can	O
directly	O
test	O
a	O
Html+time	B-Language
version	O
for	O
IE6	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SMIL	O
document	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
structure	O
to	O
an	O
HTML	B-Language
document	O
in	O
that	O
they	O
are	O
typically	O
divided	O
between	O
an	O
optional	O
<head> section and a required <body>	O
section	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
refers	O
to	O
media	O
objects	O
by	O
URLs	O
,	O
allowing	O
them	O
to	O
be	O
shared	O
between	O
presentations	O
and	O
stored	O
on	O
different	O
servers	O
for	O
load	B-Application
balancing	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
files	O
take	O
either	O
a	O
.smi	B-Device
or	O
.smil	B-Language
file	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
SAMI	B-Device
files	O
and	O
Macintosh	O
self	B-Application
mounting	I-Application
images	I-Application
also	O
use	O
.smi	B-Device
,	O
which	O
creates	O
some	O
ambiguity	O
at	O
first	O
glance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
SMIL	O
files	O
commonly	O
use	O
the	O
.smil	B-Language
file	O
extension	O
to	O
avoid	O
confusion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
was	O
created	O
during	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
structured	O
data	O
using	O
XML	B-Protocol
was	O
very	O
popular	O
and	O
during	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
Internet	B-Application
Explorer	I-Application
was	O
very	O
popular	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
is	O
one	O
of	O
three	O
means	O
by	O
which	O
SVG	B-Application
animation	O
can	O
be	O
achieved	O
(	O
the	O
others	O
being	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
CSS	B-Application
animations	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
RSS	O
and	O
Atom	B-Application
are	O
web	O
syndication	O
methods	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
former	O
being	O
more	O
popular	O
as	O
a	O
syndication	O
method	O
for	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
,	O
SMIL	O
is	O
potentially	O
useful	O
as	O
a	O
script	O
or	O
playlist	O
that	O
can	O
tie	O
sequential	O
pieces	O
of	O
multimedia	O
together	O
and	O
can	O
then	O
be	O
syndicated	O
through	O
RSS	O
or	O
Atom	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
multimedia-laden	O
.smil	B-Language
files	O
with	O
RSS	O
or	O
Atom	B-Application
syndication	O
would	O
be	O
useful	O
for	O
accessibility	O
to	O
audio-enabled	O
podcasts	B-Operating_System
by	O
the	O
deaf	O
through	O
Timed	O
Text	O
closed	O
captions	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
also	O
turn	O
multimedia	O
into	O
hypermedia	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
hyperlinked	O
to	O
other	O
linkable	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
multimedia	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VoiceXML	B-Application
can	O
be	O
combined	O
with	O
SMIL	O
to	O
provide	O
a	O
sequential	O
reading	O
of	O
several	O
pre-provided	O
pages	O
or	O
slides	O
in	O
a	O
voice	B-Protocol
browser	I-Protocol
,	O
while	O
combining	O
SMIL	O
with	O
MusicXML	O
would	O
allow	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
infinitely-recombinable	O
sequences	O
of	O
music	O
sheets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Combining	O
SMIL+VoiceXML	O
or	O
SMIL+MusicXML	O
with	O
RSS	O
or	O
Atom	B-Application
could	O
be	O
useful	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
audible	O
pseudo-podcast	O
with	O
embedded	O
hyperlinks	O
,	O
while	O
combining	O
SMIL+SVG	O
with	O
VoiceXML	B-Application
and/or	O
MusicXML	O
would	O
be	O
useful	O
in	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
an	O
automatically	O
audio-enabled	O
vector	O
graphics	O
animation	O
with	O
embedded	O
hyperlinks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
is	O
anticipated	O
for	O
use	O
within	O
Text	B-Language
Encoding	I-Language
Initiative	I-Language
(	O
TEI	O
)	O
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
is	O
being	O
implemented	O
on	O
handheld	O
and	O
mobile	O
devices	O
and	O
has	O
also	O
spawned	O
the	O
Multimedia	O
Messaging	O
Service	O
(	O
MMS	O
)	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
and	O
picture	O
equivalent	O
of	O
Short	B-Device
Message	I-Device
Service	I-Device
(	O
SMS	B-Device
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SMIL	O
is	O
also	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
underlying	O
technologies	O
used	O
for	O
"	O
Advanced	O
Content	O
"	O
in	O
the	O
(	O
discontinued	O
)	O
HD	B-Operating_System
DVD	I-Operating_System
format	O
for	O
adding	O
interactive	O
content	O
(	O
menus	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
commonly	O
used	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
have	O
native	O
support	O
for	O
SMIL	O
,	O
but	O
it	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
implemented	O
in	O
Microsoft	O
browsers	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Media	B-Device
player	I-Device
boxes	O
based	O
on	O
dedicated	O
1080p	O
decoder	O
chips	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
Sigma	O
Designs	O
8634	O
processor	O
are	O
getting	O
SMIL	O
players	O
embedded	O
in	O
them	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
SMIL	O
file	O
must	O
be	O
embedded	O
,	O
then	O
opened	O
using	O
a	O
plug-in	O
such	O
as	O
Apple	O
's	O
QuickTime	B-Application
or	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
,	O
to	O
be	O
viewed	O
by	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
that	O
does	O
n't	O
support	O
SMIL	O
.	O
</s>
