Re: [huml] Readiness for Native Dancer Collaboration

[Rex Brooks <rexb@starbourne.com>]

Thanks for the update, James.

The paragraph is fine with me, as I am sure it will be for the rest 
of the TC. I particularly like narrowing down the focus for HumanML 
to pattern recognition.

Ciao,
Rex

At 10:03 AM -0600 1/30/03, James Landrum wrote:
>Rex et al,
>
>For the moment, until we are awarded NIH grant funding for the 
>Native Dancer project, there will not be too much for anyone to do 
>on the proposed collaboration. We are submitting the Native Dancer 
>grant proposal to NIH this Friday (January 31), and it may be six 
>months before we hear back on success.  In the meantime, we can have 
>discussions on the issues about the real (and future potential) 
>roles and applications of Human Markup Language (HumanML) within 
>Native Dancer (and through further discussion, perhaps other ATL 
>projects as well, for example: 3D modeling and animation of fossil 
>hominid skeletal remains and endocranial casts).  Importantly, there 
>is no immediate rush,  beyond feedback on the paragraph  we are 
>including oin the NIH proposal (see below).
>
>To update the HumanML TC,  at this time we have included one short 
>paragraph on HumanML and Humarkup Technical Commitee (HumanML TC) in 
>the NIH grant proposal, and that is in conjunction with the proposed 
>consultant work that Rob Nixon and Quantum Digital Arts (QDA) will 
>undertake in the Native Dancer project.  I include below the 
>relevant draft paragraph from the NIH proposal. This is still a 
>draft- we have until tomorrow to finalize and submit it- if anyone 
>has specific comments or suggestions for revision of this paragraph 
>please reply to me directly.  Note that we have not mentioned 
>HumanMarkup.Org in this paragraph-  I would like to hear back ASAP 
>(Today at latest) from either Ranjeeth, Joe, Rex, or Rob on approval 
>for specific inclusion of HumanMarkup.Org in the paragraph.
>
>Begin paragraph:  (Lisa Brandt: Note the changes, e.g., reinsertion of OASIS)
>In conjunction with the work undertaken by QDA, we will work with 
>the OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured 
>Information Standards) Human Markup Language (HumanML) Technical 
>Committee (TC) to develop appropriate extensible markup language 
>(XML) tools for use in Native Dancer. HumanML and associated 
>specifications contain sets of modules that frame and embed 
>contextual human characteristics including physical, cultural, 
>social, kinesic, psychological, and intentional features within 
>conveyed information (HumanML TC 2003). We will apply HumanML to 
>facilitate effective pattern recognition of dance sequences to 
>enable better judging of participant avatars in dance competitions. 
>Further information on HumanML is available at 
>http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/humanmarkup/. (Team member 
>James Landrum and Rob Nixon, of QDA, are members of the HumanML 
>Technical Committee.)
>End paragraph.
>
>
>Rex Brooks wrote:
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>We finished up the four-day face-to-face Web Services for Remote 
>>Portlets and Interactive Applications a day early, so I am 
>>available to day to begin reconnecting with this task. So if we 
>>need to arrange some phone calls, or information exchanges, I am 
>>available. I have the remainder of a fairly virulent cold, but I'm 
>>on the mend, and I would very much like to get this project 
>>reintegrated with my work schedule heading into this weekend and 
>>next week.
>>
>>Ciao,
>>Rex
>
>
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