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SMIL Animation Becomes a W3C Proposed Recommendation

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Published:: 19 July 2001

W3C is pleased to announce the advancement of SMIL Animation to Proposed Recommendation. This subset of the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language 2.0 (SMIL, pronounced "smile") puts animation on a time line, allows composition of multiple animations, and describes animation elements for any XML-based host language. Comments are welcome through 16 August. Learn about W3C work on synchronized multimedia.

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