Closing program language｢BML｣

Do you know word "BML"?

If you know, you are a person related to the broadcasting scene or you might be a deep developer.



BML is a language that the group "[Association of Radio Industries and Businesses] (ARIB)" developed and settled on as "Standard ARIB-STD-B24". The development base took the technology of XHTML and XML, and was developed as a Japanese original standard.

Well, let's explain the feature.

It is the one used for page description when data is delivered for the digital broadcasting of Japan (terrestrial digital broadcasting, BS, and One seg).


Especially, enhancing that centered on "Remote control operation" and "Control of the voice" was attempted.

It is a language that specializes in the push delivery type service.
(regulations of automatic update function of information etc.)


Very..minor..language..feel.


The country did not try to take the lead and to bring up the developer. It was not known until digital broadcasting became public.

"Development" is done with software that the development company is selling.
It is a language of the field like the very built-in software though it is "BML" using the technology of the Internet.


It is not an area that can be developed by one's particular hobbies. There might be a method only of entering in the industry for development.
This time, it is sarcastic to have assumed the title to be a close.


Everyone can easily almost introduce HTML.
There might be a person who makes it to work from the extension wire of the hobby, too. There might be interested person in the programming, too. However, when this "BML" is "Closing language" very, I feel that it is strong.


Because I do not know a concrete numerical value, it is not possible to say indiscriminately. However, "Contents of the delivery of the data of digital broadcasting" developer might be insufficient.

The maximum chance to become developer. However, when it is such a closing language, the introduction is difficult.


I feel it in the doubt. Simply, why was not open source used more?
(BML is XHTML Reich. Dynamic contents can be described by burying the script corresponding to ECMAScript that is the standard of JavaScript.

Moreover, it is expected to be going to correspond to JAVA in the future. )

It introduces the book that I knew "BML".

｢Media reorganization in 2011. How does the television change in the terrestrial digital broadcasting?｣
"Writing: Tadashi Nishi"




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