Special Edition Using XML, Second Edition

The Transitions Modules

In a traditional slide show using film slides, the transition from one slide to another is sudden. SMIL 1.0 was incapable of creating any other type of transition. However, users of the Web and other consumers of multimedia presentations have become used to much more sophisticated or subtle transitions from one part of a multimedia presentation to another. SMIL 2.0 adds, in SMIL syntax, significant capabilities to produce attractive transitions from one part of the presentation to another.

The use of SMIL transitions depends on the language profiles in which it is implemented. However, it is likely that the transitions will be nested within the head element.

SMIL 2.0 provides three transitions modules—the BasicTransitions ...