Scripting embodied agents behaviour with CML: character markup language

Embodied agents present ongoing challenging agenda for research in multi-modal user interfaces and humancomputer-interaction. Such agent metaphors will only be widely applicable to online applications when there is a standardised way to map underlying engines with the visual presentation of the agents. This paper delineates the functions and specifications of a mark-up language for scripting the animation of virtual characters. The language is called: Character Mark-up Language (CML) and is an XML-based character attribute definition and animation scripting language designed to aid in the rapid incorporation of lifelike characters/agents into online applications or virtual reality worlds. This multi-modal scripting language is designed to be easily understandable by human animators and easily generated by a software process such as software agents. CML is constructed based jointly on motion and multi-modal capabilities of virtual life-like figures. The paper further illustrates the co...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: IUI
• Authors: Yasmine Arafa, E. H. Mamdani
• Keywords: IUI 2003, Mark-up Languages, Multi-modal Scripting Language, Scripting Language, Software Engineering