The mission of HumanMarkup is sensible and noble.
We are embedding human psychological, cultural, social, political, and physical characteristics within data. This will increase the fidelity of the human communications process. When this information isn't on hand, there is potential for misunderstanding. All of us can personally relate to this.
This concept is very straightforward. The potential applications of HumanMarkup include Virtual Reality, Discussion, Psychotherapy, and Art. HumanML has multiple possible uses, ranging from the obvious to the ambitious.
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Why would we stand by some of our more amibitious goals? Because current channels of human communications are demonstrably ineffective, and the status quo is unacceptable.
Improving the human relations process is the most important effort worth working towards. This remains so, regardless of perception of this effort at any given time, and regardless of the difficulty involved.
You are right to be cautious of ideals that are beyond the current scope. It is important to keep our vision grounded. Of course, goals that do stretch beyond the mundane will always be considered magical. There will always be the critics, as there will always be revolutionaries. Television, the Atom Bomb, space travel, and the World Wide Web were all considered mythical as well, at some day and age.
The members of this four month old project have been working extremely hard to provide robust, well-thought out ideas in laying out these standards. We are looking at incorporating many of upcoming XML technologies to build the platform, to ensure the language is robust, advanced, and fully extensible.
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We want to invite any individuals or organizations interested in sharing human cultural, social, psychological paradigms (as well as XML technical experience) to join these efforts.
At this point, we are in the process of establishing a relationship with various agencies within the UN and US State Department. Further, we are in the process of consolidating our efforts, and hope to form an official OASIS Technical Committee within a month.
Thanks for bringing up the topics in your article. Take care,
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Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga
HumanMarkup Coordinator
rkthunga@humanmarkup.org
Join our discussion: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanmarkup
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PS:
Question: Why does XML have more potential than SGML?
Answer: The Internet.
PS2: I will take a look at Umberto Eco's book...I am sure it will help us dodge possible stumbling blocks.
PS3: Your points on myth3 are very interesting. Certainly noted.
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