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The SMIL Animation was written by the SYMM Working Group, a member of W3C Interaction Domain, in cooperation with the SVG Working Group, a member of W3C Document Formats domain. The more mathematical but precise definition of animation says that it is a time-based manipulation of a target element (or the manipulation of any attribute of the target element). It’s simply a mapping in time of the different states of the object. This type of mapping is valid for any aspect of timing, as well as animation-specific semantics. The

This material is intended to inform the simple users about the features of the PNG format. So, it will pass over some details like for example the freedom from patents, as this has no connection to the end-user, being more of a concern for the developers. The PNG format was intended to be used like a substitute for the GIF and TIFF formats. So, it was created with two main ways of usage in view: World Wide Web Image editing PNG can be widely used for the web, having several advantages over the GIF format: the possibility of

This document specifies the second version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 2.1 has the following design goals: * Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL, an author can describe the temporal behaviour of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen. * Allow reusing of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, in particular those who need to

In 1989 the Air Transport Association (ATA) adopted Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) as the format for the interchange of 2-dimensional vector based technical illustrations in maintenance documentation. Both The Boeing Company and United Airlines, along with much of the rest of the industry, use CGM internally to transfer 2-dimensional vector data between diverse systems. The decision to use CGM, both at the industry level and by individual companies, was made after a review of available open and proprietary formats. Requirements for creation,

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 describe the temporal behavior of the presentation describe the layout of the presentation on a screen associate hyperlinks with media objects This specification is structured as follows: Section 2 presents the specification approach. Section 2 defines the "smil" element. Section 3 defines the

In a sense, nobody is in charge of the web. The web is an open standard, with no restrictions on who can post content, or what that content should be about. The web belongs to everybody, and so it belongs to nobody. The openness and decentralization of the web is one of its greatest strengths. But it wouldn't work at all without some sort of standard way of encoding the information. That's where the World Wide Web consortium (W3C) comes in. The W3C is an international, vendor-neutral group that determines the protocols and standards for the web. They

This document specifies the second version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 2.0 has the following two design goals: * Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL 2.0, an author can describe the temporal behavior of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen. * Allow reusing of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, in particular those who

Most of us have heard about PNG by now, but few developers are using it on the Web due to the uneven support within the various Web browsers. The format was developed as a result of the Unisys/GIF controversy and the need to overcome the limitations of both the GIF and JPEG formats. Macromedia has adopted PNG as the native format for its Fireworks product, yet most users are still converting images for the Web to GIF and JPEG. The next generation of browsers promise more complete support for all the features of this format, but one must wonder if it

This document specifies the second version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 2.1 has the following design goals: * Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL, an author can describe the temporal behaviour of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen. * Allow reusing of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, in particular those who need to

This document specifies the third version of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL, pronounced "smile"). SMIL 3.0 has the following design goals: * Define an XML-based language that allows authors to write interactive multimedia presentations. Using SMIL, an author can describe the temporal behaviour of a multimedia presentation, associate hyperlinks with media objects and describe the layout of the presentation on a screen. * Allow reusing of SMIL syntax and semantics in other XML-based languages, in particular those who need to

In 2001 the mobile phone industry chose SVG as the basis for its graphics platform. Many leading companies joined the SVG effort to produce the SVG Tiny and SVG Basic profiles, collectively called SVG Mobile and targetted at resource-limited devices such as mobile handsets and PDAs. The SVG Mobile specification was adopted by 3GPP as the required graphics format for next-generation phones and multimedia messaging (MMS). Already there are SVG-enabled handsets shipping worldwide. SVG Mobile is primarily used for messaging in applications such as

Let me begin by giving a bit of my background which can help make clearer where I am coming from and the reasons why I am suggesting that more attention should be given to how graphics can look using the very rich and subtle tools available in SVG. My education was in art - painting, design, photography, art history and art criticism mostly - and that is what I have taught for the past 45 years. In 1994, I was asked to teach a course, Commentary on Art, at a distance and luckily, for me, that winter Netscape appeared and I was able to use it for the

A quantum leap in Web graphics is happening right now.A new technology defined by the W3C called SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics) is bringing rich, compelling, interactive, high-resolution graphics to the Web. This technology is particularly attractive to GIS developers and users. Today, most mapping systems employ two approaches when delivering interactive maps on the web.The first approach is the familiar Java applet.The second approach involves generating map images on the server and delivering them to the user in either GIF or JPEG image

Perhaps the most important concept to grasp when first studying SVG is its scalability. Graphics aren't limited by fixed pixels. Like vector graphics, you can make scalable graphics larger or smaller without distorting them. This is very important for designing across resolutions. Scalable graphics adjust to the available screen resolution. This alone makes SVG attractive to Web designers, as it solves one of the most frustrating issues we face: creating designs that are as interoperable, yet as visually rich, as possible. SVG elements are based on

Looking to help high-end handheld gadgets better adapt to the way video games and other graphics-oriented software are displayed, the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Tuesday recommended Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and Mobile SVG profiles be anointed standards. SVG is an open file format that enables two-dimensional images to be displayed in XML pages on the Web. SVG enables the viewing of an image on a computer display of any size and resolution. SVG also allows text within images to be recognized as such, so that the text can be located by a

Short for Scalable Vector Graphics, a vector graphics file format that enables two-dimensional images to be displayed in XML pages on the Web. Vector images are created through text-based commands formatted to comply with XML specifications. In contrast to JPEG and GIF images on the Web, which are bitmapped and always remain a specified size, SVG images are scalable to the size of the viewing window and will adjust in size and resolution according to the window in which it is displayed. Benefits of SVG include: * smaller files size than regular

* No standard method for displaying text synchronized with other media. * Need for a standard Timed Text format synchronized with some other timed media. Timed Text applications * Subtitles of movies on the Web (foreign languages) * Captions for people lacking audio devices or having hearing disabilities * Karaoke * Scrolling news, credits rolls * TickerTape, marquee, "crawls" * Text overlay * TelePrompter SMIL Interoperability * Good interoperability on synchronization level * Not so good interoperability for media o Text: Plain

[December 19, 2001] W3C Issues WebCGM 1.0 Second Release as a W3C Recommendation. As part of the W3C Graphics Activity, the World Wide Web Consortium has published WebCGM 1.0 Second Release. The specification has been issued in the form of a revised W3C Recommendation which brings WebCGM up to date with the first release errata. WebCGM is "an interoperable way to exchange dynamic Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) files over the Web. The WebCGM Profile adds hyperlinking to graphics-rich applications such as interactive electronic manuals for