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Summary
Name	Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (Generic)
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Other names
Identifiers	PUID: fmt/205
Family
Classification	Text (Mark-up)
Disclosure
Description	Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language is a World Wide Web Consortium recommended Extensible Markup Language (XML) markup language to describe multimedia presentations. It defines markup for timing, layout, animations, visual transitions, media embedding and others. SMIL allows presenting media items such as text, images, video, audio, links to other SMIL presentations, and files from multiple web servers. SMIL markup is written in XML, and has similarities to HTML. This is the generic entry for this file format which most commonly is denoted with the .smil extension. It is likely that the truncated .smi extension refers specifically to the metadata files accompanying the corresponding images taken by Sony digital cameras.
Orientation	Text
Byte order
Related file formats	Has priority over Extensible Markup Language (1.0) Is subtype of Extensible Markup Language (1.0) Is subtype of Extensible Markup Language (1.1)
Technical Environment
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Supported until
Format Risk
Developed by	None.
Supported by	None.
Source	Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives
Source date	28 Oct 2009
Source description
Last updated	09 May 2023
Note	https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synchronized_Multimedia_Integration_Language https://www.w3.org/TR/SMIL3/ http://www.telestream.net/pdfs/app-notes/app_Camera_Ingest.pdf