Re: Temporal extensions to HTML

>We have identified several problems with the current version of SMIL:
>
>1. There are only two temporal composition relations: sequential and
>parallel. They are useful, but not sufficient for complex
>presentations.

For complex presentations, you can use the `begin' and `end' attributes.
By applying those two attributes on any objects (atomic or composite),
you can build a complicated DAG within the enclosing <par>. For casual
relations, we have the `endsync=last|first|id' attribute on <par>.

Jin

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Received on Thursday, 4 December 1997 13:42:59 UTC