- Source: Extensible Binary Meta Language
Extensible Binary Meta Language (EBML) is a generalized file format for any kind of data, aiming to be a binary equivalent to XML. It provides a basic framework for storing data in XML-like tags. It was originally designed as the framework language for the Matroska audio/video container format.
EBML is not extensible in the same way that XML is, as the XML schema (e.g., DTD) must be known in advance.
See also
Binary XML
WBXML
Matroska
WebM
XML
IFF, an older structured binary format widely adopted for multimedia
References
External links
The EBML website
The EBML specifications
RFC 8794