Recommendation

Date: Jun. 15, 1998
Link: http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-smil/
Source Author or Organization: W3C

Abstract: "This document specifies version 1 of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL 1.0, pronounced "smile"). SMIL allows integrating a set of independent multimedia objects into a synchronized multimedia presentation. Using SMIL, an author can:

1. describe the temporal behavior of the presentation
2. describe the layout of the presentation on a screen
3. associate hyperlinks with media objects."