Just SMIL News Sept 7, 1998

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SMIL at Web98
RealNetworks will be rolling out the G2 carpet at the Web 98 Conference in
Boston on September 24. Real's all day technical sessions will covering
the latest G2 features and provide a look at Authoring Streaming Media Web
Sites with SMIL. This comes right on the heels of a very successful
National Association of Webmasters SMIL meeting that was written up in PC
Week. As covered in the article, disability access is becoming an important
SMIL theme. With all of the recent activity, Boston is quickly becoming the
place to SMIL.

SMIL in Bristol Sept 14-15
If you are on the other side of the pond, don't forget  that on September
14-15, CWI will be providing a demo of GRiNS at the ACM Multimedia 98
Conference in Bristol, UK.

TechWeb's G2 SMIL
Are you a fan of TechWeb Today? If you want a behind the scenes view of how
TechWeb uses the G2 flavor of SMIL, catch Leah Goldberg's tutorial. It is
the featured link in the Just SMIL Info section. You will also find a few
other new additions on the Articles page. Mentions of Synchronized
Multimedia Integration Language in the trade press (and even the popular
press) appear to be picking up.

DAISY 2.0 Draft Released
A draft of the DAISY 2.0 specification has been released. The Digital Audio
Information based System (DAISY) Consortium is a collection of libraries
and organizations serving the blind and print disabled community throughout
the world. DAISY 2.0 is based on SMIL and HTML.

Keiko Ships
No, not a piece of software but just as important. Free Willy star Keiko
the Orca whale leaves Oregon state for the waters of Iceland this week.
With RealNetworks  offering  the feed, expect a jump in the download of G2
capable SMIL players this week.               

Check Your Just SMIL Links
A quick note to those of you kind enough to link to this site. With the
remodel of Just SMIL and the opening of SMILZone, several of the old links
have changed. Most will temporarily refresh to the correct location but
please take a moment to update your sites. You will also find new button
HTML available. Thanks for making Just SMIL a success.

Also currently at Just SMIL

SMILing with RealPlayer G2: A short tutorial for first steps in SMIL.
(http://justsmil.com/guides/)

Review: RealNetworks SMIL Presentation Wizard
(http://justsmil.com/tools/)

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Received on Tuesday, 8 September 1998 01:20:35 UTC