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InkML

An XML-based markup

Exchanging digital ink data
Both captured data/software-generated

Target

dynamic information about pen movement:
- force (pressure), pen tilt, etc.
contextual information about capturing devices:
- sample rate, resolution, uniformity, etc.

Motivation

Advanced mobile devices

growth in pen-enabled devices

Advanced communication

Informal communication
Using not DTMF but your own hand writing ;-)

Advantage

Private/noisy environment
Flexibility/robustness of cross-modality redundancy

Possible use cases

Hand written notes with text and figures
Photo images can be tagged by hand writing
Electronic notebook
Electronic Form Filling: including signature
Hand writing with voice input to specify destination: "My home is here"

Concrete & detailed requirements?

Ink modality for the MMI Architecture

Detailed requirements depend on devices, domains and/or services
need to identify and prioritize topics to be considered

Therefore this Workshop is needed!

Thanks!

Some information is available at the W3C site:

These slides
- http://www.w3.org/2007/Talks/1116-ink-ka/
And more ...