[humanmarkup] HM.requirments.applications - Frist Working Draft

HM.Requirements.Applications

first update: 12April2002

 

Note: This document will focus attention on past 
Human Markup development efforts and the requirements for future HM application projects.

 

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Status of Current 
Work
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To date two small applications have been developed: HumanML_Write and 
HumanML_Reports. Both applications were 

developed in Visual Basic version 6. All the source code has been 
published. Installable version have also been made available on the Human 
Markup.org website.

 

HumanML_Write was developed as a wordprocessor that would assist in the 
creation of well formed XML documents that would conform the very early schema 
prototypes developed in Stage 0 of Human Markup research.

 

HumanML_Report was designed to assist in the creation, annotation, and 
dissemination of several report types (e.g.. conference reports, performance 
review, document annotation.) Ideally, HumanML_Report was to produce basic 
real-time feedback on agreement/disagreement/partial agreement during 
presentations.

 

Currently development of these two applications has been put in stasis 
pending the outcome of current research being done by the Human Markup Technical 
Committee.

 

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Applications as 
Showcase
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The logic behind any development project revolving around Human Markup 
applications should consist of the following guidelines:

 

 - all applications should try to bring Human Markup to a wider 
audience
 - applications focusing on a specific target group should be 
developed with the input from the interested party through tools such as end 
user surveys
 - applications are to showcase Human Markup work and 
technologies

 

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Applications as Open 
Source
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All Human Markup applications should be free of any copyright. The source 
code should be made readily available to all of those interested.

 

Whatever platform chosen, an executable form with an un-installation option 
shall also be made available.

 

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Application 
Compatibility
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Attempts should be made to make to make the application platform neutral in 
order to for such work to be available to the widest possible audience.

 

Ideally, applications should be web-based and compatible with all browser 
types.

 

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Application Coherence with 
Current Research
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Considering the constantly changing nature of Human Markup research, 
efforts should be made to assure that existing applications conform to the 
various schemata.

 

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Future Application Areas of 
Development
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1) Word-processing programs to create documents that can be validated by 
the specific Secondary Human Markup Schemata

 

2) Collaborative programs for: report writing, negotiation processes, 
Diplomatic communications, etc.

 

3) Showcase programs for:

 

 a) Cross-Cultural Analysis of real-time communications
 b) 
Integration of Human Physical Characteristics Desc. ML into a 3D program