The W3C (World Wide Web consortium) sports the following motto: "Release early, release often." It's a sage maxim to follow when changing the development course of a Web standard. The most recent release of SMIL (SMIL Boston) by the W3C Working Group demonstrates why getting a preliminary model out early is so important.
Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) was introduced in July of 1998. This mark-up language enables Web multimedia authors to schedule presentations so that users experience images, sounds, and text as a choreographed
When Microsoft rejects a proposed technology standard, it's usually a death knell. But with a recently adopted W3C standard for streaming audio and video files online, Microsoft is snubbing a standard that a majority of multimedia Web developers plan to adopt.
In mid-June, the W3C announced the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL) -- a technology built in the eXtensible Markup Language (XML) that enables time-coded synchronization of audio and video clips online -- as a recognized standard.
But shortly before its adoption, Microsoft
After more than five years of successful cooperation with OASIS as an affiliate, CGM Open has transitioned to become a Member Section of the OASIS global standards consortium. With the inaugural meeting of its OASIS CGM Open WebCGM Technical Committee, CGM Open has taken the next step, launching an aggressive agenda built around advanced development and interoperability of the well-established WebCGM standard.WebCGM version 1.0, a vector graphics standard used in online technical documents such as parts catalogs and electronic manuals, was produced by a
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