Sams Teach Yourself XML in 21 Days

By Steven Holzner

• Table of Contents
  • About the Author
  • Acknowledgments
  • We Want to Hear from You!
  • Introduction
  • Part I: At a Glance
  • Day 1. Welcome to XML
  • Day 2. Creating XML Documents
  • Day 3. Creating Well-Formed XML Documents
  • Day 4. Creating Valid XML Documents: DTDs
  • Declaring Attributes in DTDs
  • Day 6. Creating Valid XML Documents: XML Schemas
  • Day 7. Creating Types in XML Schemas
  • Part I. In Review
  • Day 8. Formatting XML by Using Cascading Style Sheets
  • Day 9. Formatting XML by Using XSLT
  • Day 10. Working with XSL Formatting Objects
  • Part II. In Review
  • Part III: At a Glance
  • Day 11. Extending HTML with XHTML
  • Day 12. Putting XHTML to Work
  • Day 13. Creating Graphics and Multimedia: SVG and SMIL
    • Introducing SVG
    • Creating an SVG Document
    • Creating Rectangles
    • Adobe's SVG Viewer
    • Using CSS Styles
    • Creating Circles
    • Creating Ellipses
    • Creating Lines
    • Creating Polylines
    • Creating Polygons
    • Creating Text
    • Creating Gradients
    • Creating Paths
    • Creating Text Paths
    • Creating Groups and Transformations
    • Creating Animation
    • Creating Links
    • Creating Scripts
    • Embedding SVG in HTML
    • Introducing SMIL
    • Summary
    • Q&A
    • Workshop
  • Day 14. Handling XLinks, XPointers, and XForms
  • Part III. In Review
  • Part IV: At a Glance
  • Day 15. Using JavaScript and XML
  • Day 16. Using Java and .NET: DOM
  • Day 17. Using Java and .NET: SAX
  • Day 18. Working with SOAP and RDF
  • Part IV. In Review
  • Part V: At a Glance
  • Day 19. Handling XML Data Binding
  • Day 20. Working with XML and Databases
  • Day 21. Handling XML in .NET
  • Part V. In Review
  • Appendix A. Quiz Answers

Day 13. Creating Graphics and Multimedia: SVG and SMIL

Today you're going to take a look at two XML applications—Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) and Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL)—both of whose specifications are published by the W3C. SVG lets you create two-dimensional graphics, and SMIL lets you create multimedia presentations, including images, text, and music.

Here's an overview of today's topics:

• Basic shapes in SVG
• SVG hyperlinks
• SVG animation
• SVG text
• SVG gradients
• SVG scripting
• SMIL documents
• SMIL images
• SMIL text

You'll start today's discussion with SVG.

Share This