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