<smil xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/SMIL20/Language">
<!-- an XML comment is just like HTML comments -->
<!-- note the xmlns attribute specifies this is SMIL 2.0 -->
<head>
<!-- meta data will go here -->
<meta name = "title"
content = "basic SMIL skeleton" />
<!-- layout (spatial design) will go here -->
</head>
<body>
<!-- content elements will go here -->
</body>
</smil>