Re: Participation

[Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga <rkthunga@humanmarkup.org>]

HI Richard,

Myself, I come from a thorough psychology and neuroscience background  in
the past.  At this point, there hasn't been any effort to embed human
'metadata' in the storage, transfer, exchange, or use of psychological
information.

This is not necessarily limited to patient interaction, but in all forms of
data exchange, representation, and analysis within the realm within
psychology or psychotherapy.

As Sean mentioned earlier, of course, the patient would have to themselves
use HumanML (unless a client side tool is available, which I think will be
the case).   I really see that client side tools, but time will tell if
people will use such a tool.  We use a word processor to boldface,
italicize, and emphasize certain texts--a Human-processor could do so,
utilizing a "best-practices" type Style specification.  Of course, the
patient can lie (:-) am I really smiling), but we can simply extend the
tools for expression (until of course neural implants--I'm not kidding, but
that's a bit away)

 Having a pull down list of emotions, intentions, or beliefs or having a way
to highlight certain phrases or sentences is a very simple, direct, easy way
to incorporate emotional expression in communication.  I think Manos Batsis
had written a post in the last couple of days about a chat application he
was interested in working on?

Richard, I would very much like the ISMHO to take part, either informally or
formally establish a liaison to the HumanMarkup TC.  Most importantly, if
the group is interested in participating in the discussion (either
informally or even formally by assigning an OASIS liaison(s)) that would be
great to bring the field of psychology and psychotherapy into the arena of
XML.  Perhaps you and/or others would be interested in serving in this role?

***Task Item: At this stage, the most important request I would make from
you is to present the taxonomy of what an online psychotherapist would like
to use to describe human information.

Ranjeeth Kumar Thunga
HumanMarkup Chair
rkthunga@humanmarkup.org
(646) 456-9076




----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Davis" <richard@victoriapoint.com>
To: <humanmarkup-comment@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 22, 2001 10:04 AM
Subject: Participation


> Hello,
>
> I am thrilled to see this effort come to fruition. As a researcher in the
> area of cyberpsychology, I have been interested in the psychology of
> computer-mediated communication (CMC) for some time. I believe this will
be
> an important step in the evolution of CMC.
>
> In the course of online therapy, one of the biggest hurdles is the
> unavailability of nonverbal communication (an important feature of
> psychotherapy). So, we must rely on the written word and try to decipher
> what the patient is *really* saying. This can be difficult and sometimes
> results in miscommunication. HumanML will help clarify human emotions in
> CMC.
>
> Also, I should mention that as a member of the executive board of the
> International Society for Mental Health Online ( http://www.ismho.org ), I
> would like to offer help in any way we can. Many of our members have rich
> experience in trying to communicate with people on a *hyperpersonal* level
> online, and we will gladly contribute to HumanML in any way we can.
>
> Sincerely,
> Richard A. Davis
>
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