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

  • The EBML website
  • The EBML specifications
  • RFC 8794