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--------------070100070703090708040100 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title></title> </head> <body> Dear Vince Gaffney, <br> <br> Thank you for your inquiry, and in the hopes of furthering discussion and collaboration between you and your team at University of Birmingham and the OASIS Human Markup Language Technical Committee (HumanML TC) and the NDSU Archaeology Technologies Laboratory (ATL) and our collaborators elsewhere, I provide a brief initial response to your inquiry and ask that others I have cc'd (HumanML TC, Franco Niccolucci, Jeffrey T. Clark, Donald Sanders) also reply as deemed appropriate. <br> Your area of interest and expertise is well within the scopes of our activities and we welcome your participation in discussion of, and collaboration on, markup language development activities. At present, HumanML TC and the Human Physical Characteristics Description Markup Language (HPCDML) subcommittee are developing a range of use cases for the Primary Base Schema and constructing the HPCDML in collaboration with a broader range of markup language development teams, Pending award of funding to various participants, we will be developing use cases for HumanML HPCDML,, the Anthropology Markup Language (AnthML; and ATL project), and Virtual Heritage Modeling Language (VHML; a joint ATL and Institute for the Visualization of History (VIZIN) project), and other markup languages, such as the Anatomical Markup Language (AnatML; developed by the Biomedical Engineering Research Group at the University of Auckland, New Zealand). Your work in 3D visualization of sites and monuments, such as Stonehenge is important, and the ultimate goal of including markup for human behavior and (and the emotions tied to behavior) , e.g., behaviors and interactions of virtual humans (avatars) within 3D environments is an equally significant undertaking, and one that members of the HumanML TC, ATL, VIZIN and others in related organizations and institutions have begun pursuing with earnestness in recent years. Your work with GIS in 3D environments is also significant, and your expertise in this domain is also relevant to our undertakings. We are working on some of the issues you inquire about, and others not discussed here, independently, under various project scopes and goals, and collectively in further development of the markup languages. We would be particularly interested in learning more about and engaging further discussion with you and your team about the micro-level markup applications within virtual heritage environments. <br> <br> If you have not done so already, please review information and documentation at the web sites below, as I am certain that review of the content on these pages will answer many of your basic questions. In the meantime, if you would like to pursue discussions of specific issues, please contact me at your earliest convenience. <br> <br> the HumanML TC web site: <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=humanmarkup">http://www.oasis-open.org/committees/tc_home.php?wg_abbrev=humanmarkup</a><br> and <br> HumanMarkup.Org web site.<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.humanmarkup.org/">http://www.humanmarkup.org/</a><br> AnatML web site<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/sites/physiome/anatml/pages/">http://www.esc.auckland.ac.nz/sites/physiome/anatml/pages/</a><br> NDSU Archaeology Technologies Laboratory<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://atl.ndsu.edu">http://atl.ndsu.edu</a><br> Institute for the VIsualization of History<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.vizin.org">http://www.vizin.org</a><br> Learning Sites Inc.<br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.learningsites.com/">http://www.learningsites.com/</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Vince Gaffney wrote:<br> <blockquote type="cite" cite="mid0246E7174E4BF6488EFFF03935073AFAF2D664@artsadt1.adt.bham.ac.uk"> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; "> <title>Blank</title> <style>BODY { :for 2for FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 25px; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Arial, Helvetica } P.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } LI.msoNormal { MARGIN-TOP: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0px; COLOR: #ffffcc; FONT-FAMILY: Helvetica, "Times New Roman" } </style> <meta content="MSHTML 5.50.4922.900" name="GENERATOR"> <div><span class="562053412-02062003">Dear James,</span></div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"></span> </div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003">I thought that I might write to you to enquire, in a general manner, about your work in Human Markup Language in an archaeological context. I have been working, as part of a team at the University of Birmingham (UK) on modelling emotive landscapes around the Stonehenge area (<font size="2"><font face="Arial"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">Exon, S.,<span style=""> </span>Gaffney V., Yorston R. And Woodward A. 2001.<span style=""> </span>Stonehenge Landscapes: Journeys Through Real-And-Imagined Worlds. Archaeopress). <font face="Arial" size="2">This work has primarilly been carried out using GIS technology </font></span>but would like to consider how to take this workforward at a micro-level. <span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';">HML might well be something I would consider in developmental terms but I admit that I have never had the leisure to follow up references or examples until now. As the archaeological computing group at Birmingham is starting to move in this direction, I felt that it would be useful to talk to people working in the field. As you are frequently associated with this technology I decided that I should contact you first </span></font></font></span></div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span> </div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="Arial" size="2">I am aware we are all very busy and unsolicited mails like this are not good news! However, if you were able to point out relevant literature that I am, for certain, missing or would be prepared to comment on where you think archaeology is with respect to this technology I would be extremely gratefull. </font></span></span></div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span> </div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="Arial" size="2">All the very best</font></span></span></div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"></span></span> </div> <div><span class="562053412-02062003"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="Arial" size="2">Vince Gaffney</font></span></span></div> <div> </div> <div>********************************************<br> Dr Vincent Gaffney<br> Director<br> The Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity<br> HP Visual and Spatial Technology Centre<br> Arts Building<br> University of Birmingham<br> Edgbaston<br> Birmingham B15 2TT<br> United Kingdom<br> Tel: +44 (0)121 4145497<br> Fax: +44 (0)1214143595<br> Email: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:arch-ant@bham.ac.uk">arch-ant@bham.ac.uk</a><br> WWW: <a target="_blank" href="http://www.arch-ant.bham.ac.uk/">http://www.arch-ant.bham.ac.uk/</a><br> <a target="_blank" href="http://www.vista.bham.ac.uk/">http://www.vista.bham.ac.uk/</a><br> </div> <p> </p> </blockquote> <br> <pre class="moz-signature" cols="$mailwrapcol">--
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