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Subject: [humanmarkup] Base Schema-chronemic
Hi Everyone, I'm introducing a new element to consider today. This is the first of what I call our "stuff-ics" family of elements that end with ic and into which a lot of stuff is stuffed. The other members of this family are kinesics, haptics and proxemics, to which I will suggest adding cosmetics in a separate post. However, one reason for pointing out the apparent grouping of these terms into a humorous family is to call attention to one of the reasons why I think it is important for all of the OASIS standards to contribute to a system-wide glossary. Both our TC and the WSIA /WSRP TCs include a glossary, and while I haven't read all of the websites for the TCs, I expect many also do this. So I am copying this message to Karl Best to consider that suggestion--an OASIS glossary, harmonizing usages where possible and listing terms with their complete definitions as used in OASIS Standards with comparisons and/or contrasts to usages outside of XML. This came about because for the purpose of not using or choosing between or amongst several overloaded terms it became necessary to resort to calling a class of services thingies until such time as that discussion can settle on more precise, less overloaded terminology. We need a standard reference for our standards. This goes hand-in-glove with the development of standard templates for OASIS specifications and websites . So, having said that, I will get down off my soap box and proceed on with the business to hand: chronemic This is a Complex Type with the attribute of abstract, which we should all be getting more familiar with by now, though it applies with some less apparent ramifications in this element. This element gathers together the concepts related to human time management, and they can be used very different with respect to individuals and cultures. Time perceptions include punctuality, readiness to act, willingness to wait, and how such states influence interactions. Time use affects lifestyles, daily agendas, speech and movement, to name only a few. Rather than cite the entire description from the straw man schema, I am going to ask you to refresh your memories by reading it again, and I will introduce more of those less apparent ramifications later this week. However, as I ready my further comments for channel and chronemic, I would like you all to consider some relatively pressing connections between our efforts and such efforts as knowledge management, which, like time management, involves one of the largest areas for human markup to provide means for improving. Pulling, or extracting, or abstracting data from anecdotal text, such as conference reports, historical accounts, etc, is one of the tools HumanMarkup can provide and one of the aims we seek to fulfill. More to come, Rex --
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