cgriffit /220 b/SMILdocument

SMIL document (this will download to your computer)

How might SMIL, Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language, be used in a project I might do in the future in my own work?

It seems that any artwork that I create always requires documentation. To document my works content and then place it into a Quick Time movie that can be easily accessed online would be excellent. This XML based document placed on a webpage would be a viable way to present the artwork and SMIL has that capability utilized through any text editing program.

Although it seems there are other choices, so what makes this language any better than the rest? Maybe it is the ease of this language and the use of the text edit program to write code that makes it far less complicated than creating a complete a whole Flash document. Right?

SMIL is used as a link to media players such as Quick Time and Real Time Player. I could utilize this program to create step-by-step instructions for classes I teach like the Art 10H 3D course where I made a Power Point presentation of the mold-making demonstration we had in section and made it available to students online.

Anytime I needed to create an instructional Quick Time movie file or include video clips on a website, I could write a SMIL file. Creating multimedia presentations for training a workforce online, or even a simple craft site for gaining instruction on how to fold origami to as complicated as how to create a SMIL file or upload it in HTML could be done in this format and easily accessed from a desktop. Right? I can see how this would work in many academic or practical applications.