Abstract
Japan started a digital data broadcast using the BS (Broadcasting Satellite) in December 2000. For digital data encoding representation, it uses XML (Extensible Markup Language) based information representation which is called BML (Broadcast Markup Language). The aim of this language is seamless transforming to HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language), which is familiar to use in WWW contents and also extending functionality for broadcasting requirements, such as media synchronization, event handling and navigation. This paper shows the specification of this language and technical issues.
