SMIL (TM)

To enable simple authoring of TV-like multimedia presentations such as training courses on the Web, W3C has designed the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). The SMIL language is an easy-to-learn HTML-like language. Thus, SMIL presentations can be written using a simple text-editor. A SMIL presentation can be composed of streaming audio, streaming video, images, text or any other media type.

For a more detailed description of the goals of the SMIL language, see the W3C Activity Statement on Synchronized Multimedia; a regularly updated report to W3C members that is also available to the public.