Human Markup Language 224
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>!"
Now I don't mean to go off on a... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Wayne's VR world. (Score:3, Funny)
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Ummm... (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>
Re:I think you meant (Score:2, Funny)
<idea>I know I'll just say this:<inspired>I've always liked <smirk
</comment>
HumanML abuse (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?"
Re:I think you meant (Score:2, Funny)
Can you imagine porn sites ? (Score:5, Funny)
<sylvia>
<brain></brain>
<hole>*</hole>
<hole>*</hole>
<hole>*</hole>
</sylvia>
It'd be so boring !