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Human Markup Language

Posted by michael on from the <human>-</human> dept.

emc3 writes: "This article at InternetNews says that OASIS, the XML interoperability consortium, has announced the formation of a committee to develop Human Markup Language, 'to promote a specification for conveying human characteristics through XML.' The idea is to codify psychological, emotive, cultural, and physical characteristics in a standardized way. They say that the most obvious application would be for describing phsyical characteristics and actions in virtual reality environments. Other real-world uses could include describing a patient's psychological state for medical records. The OASIS press release is here. No more :-/ for me. From now on, it's <smirk>!"

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  1. Now I don't mean to go off on a... by DeltaStorm · · Score: 3, Funny

    Maybe now we'll finally get that long sought after tag...

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  2. Re:Wayne's VR world. by Ukab+the+Great · · Score: 3, Funny

    whoops. I meant to say

    SCHWING Check out that hot babe /SCHWING

  3. Ummm... by bendude · · Score: 4, Funny


    <EMOTIONAL>
    <A LITTLE DRUNK>
    <PRETTY STONED>
    <DANGEROUSLYCRANKY>
    <SARCASM>
    <SNEER>
    This isajoke,isn'tit?
    </SNEER>
    </SARCASM>
    </DANGEROUSLYCRANKY>
    <SUDDENLYCURIOUS>
    Whydon'tLiam & Noel Gallagherlookaftertheirown emotionsbeforeworryingabout anyoneelse?
    </SUDDENLYCURIOUS>
    </PRETTYSTONED>
    </A LITTLEDRUNK>
    </EMOTIONAL>
    <TIRED>

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  4. Re:I think you meant by Streiff · · Score: 2, Funny

    That is the comment I was going to use. Oh well, I suppose I'll have the come up with another funny comment. hmmm....

    <idea>I know I'll just say this:<inspired>I've always liked <smirk /> better myself.</inspired></idea>
    </comment>

  5. HumanML abuse by Morbid+Curiosity · · Score: 2, Funny

    Great, I can just imagine the guys now:

    "Cor, 'ave a look at the HumanML on that one! I bet she validates as well-formed, eh? Eh? *nudgenudge* I wouldn't mind parsing 'er markup, nah wot I mean?"

  6. Re:I think you meant by Bagpuss101 · · Score: 2, Funny

    Perhaps we should develop InvalidML for use in medical files!

  7. Can you imagine porn sites ? by chrysalis · · Score: 5, Funny

    What if porn sites were moving to this ?

    <sylvia>
    <brain></brain>
    <hole>*</hole>
    <hole>*</hole>
    <hole>*</hole>
    </sylvia>

    It'd be so boring !

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