L.3.4.1 Introduction

This subclause provides a high-level overview of the animation settings in PresentationML. This schema is loosely based on the syntax and concepts from the Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language (SMIL), a W3C Recommendation for describing multimedia presentations using XML.

The schema describes all the animations effects on that reside on a slide; it also describes the animation that occurs when going from slide to slide (slide transition).

Animations on a slide are inherently time-based and consist of an animation effects on an object or text. However, slide transitions do not follow this concept and always appear before any animation on a slide.

All elements described in this schema are contained within the slide XML file. More specifically, they are in the transition and the timing element as shown below:

<p:sld>
  <p:cSld> …
  <p:clrMapOvr> …
  <p:transition> …
  <p:timing> …
</p:sld>