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NewMedia
August 22, 2001
NewMedia reports on OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium and their work on a specification to codify the expression of human emotion through XML.
“The OASIS HumanMarkup Technical Committee (TC) will work to develop Human Markup Language (HumanML), a schema for embedding contextual human characteristics — cultural, social, kinesic (body language), psychological and intentional features — within information. OASIS said HumanML would have applications in artificial intelligence, virtual reality, conflict resolution, psychotherapy, art, workflow, advertising, cultural dialogue, agent systems, diplomacy and business negotiation.”
A very interesting concept, that of course has parallels with emoticons like 🙂 and :P, and acronyms like LOL and ROTFL. But then, do we need this? It seems like adding another layer of complexity on something that is meant to just help us communicate better. [Discuss]