HMI.BASICINFO
last modified:  9 November 2001
(basic information about HumanMarkup)
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INTRODUCTION
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this file provides some of the basic information which describes the HumanMarkup effort, including the title and different specification names within the effort.




ORGANIZATIONS:
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OASIS HumanMarkup TC 
-- This is the name of our Technical Committee.  It is developing the deliverables as part of the HumanMarkup Initiative.

HumanMarkup.org 
-- 'Phase 0' work was conducted under this auspices, through Yahoogroups.
   This initiative was called the 'HumanMarkup Initiative'
	(http://groups.yahoo.com/group/humanmarkup)
-- It is not formally affiliated with the OASIS HumanMarkup TC.



SLOGAN
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Human Traits and Expression through XML 




HUMAN MARKUP LANGUAGE:
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HumanMarkup specifications -- name of all the specifications developed as part of this effort.


HumanML -- name of Markup language

HumanML-RDF Schema -- RDF implementation
HumanML-XML Schema -- XML Schema implementation
HumanML-XTM -- possible XTM implementation

HumanPCML? -- Human Physical Characteristic Markup Language
tentative name of Human Physical Characteristic Markup Language

huml -- namespace prefix