ORld-Wide Web> (SMIL) A language based on Extensible Markup Language (XML), that enables people without programming OR scripting backgrounds to authOR multimedia presentations in a simple text editOR. SMIL is suitable fOR use on the WORld-Wide Web. FOR example, a developer can write SMIL to display an image after an audio track ends. SMIL uses two main tags: parallel and sequential. It refers to media objects by URLs, allowing them to be shared between presentations and stORed on different servers fOR {load balancing}. The language can also associate different media objects with different bandwidths. SMIL 1.0 became an official recommendation of the {WORld Wide Web ConsORtium} W3C in June 1998. W3C . (2000-04-21)