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History of Human Markup

I. Introduction
        A. R.K. Thunga studies Psychology, sees lack of advances in "Soft" Human Sciences.
        B. RKT involved in Web Development, sees XML standards as way to improvement.
        C. HumanML born as Yahoo Group in Feb. 2001.
II. Initial Discussions captured in Yahoo archives
        A. Purposes
                1. Improve Communication
                2. Humanize IT (digital information systems)
                3. Standardize Human Information beyond basic Identity Authentication

B. Means

                1. XML Language/Vocabulary

                2. XML Schema for definitions/uses of terms

                3. RDF Schema for associating resources with terms/uses

                4. Ontological/Taxonomical Considerations

        C. Narrow to Communication & XML Schema, RDF, OASIS for WhiteKnight IPR

III. Move to OASIS

        A. HumanMarkup Technical Committee established Oct. 2001

        B. Semiotics determined to be guiding principle

        C. Further narrowing of goals to deliverables

                        1. Requirements-April 31, 2002

                        2. Primary Base Schema-December 12, 2002 – Jan. 2003

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Taking hold, the group decided to work through OASIS to set up an XML standard that can be used everywhere, anytime. Called HumanML, its tags can be pulled into your document, and their definitions known to everybody. Computer programs can process the HumanML markup tags dispersed to show what the document is for, and why [each part of] it was written, and what authors are assuming you will know so you can interpret it the way they meant it.