The Next Step towards a Function Markup Language

Authors:
Dirk Heylen;Stefan Kopp;Stacy C. Marsella;Catherine Pelachaud;Hannes Vilhjálmsson
Affiliations:
Human Media Interaction, University of Twente,;Artificial Intelligence Group, Bielefeld University,;Information Science Institute, University of Southern California,;University of Paris 8, Inria,;Center for Analysis and Design of Intelligent Agents, Reykjavik University,
Venue:
IVA '08 Proceedings of the 8th international conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents
Year:
2008

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Abstract

In order to enable collaboration and exchange of modules for generating multimodal communicative behaviours of robots and virtual agents, the SAIBA initiative envisions the definition of two representation languages. One of these is the Function Markup Language (FML). This language specifies the communicative intent behind an agent's behaviour. Currently, several research groups have contributed to the discussion on the definition of FML. The discussion reveals agreement on many points but it also points out important issues that need to be dealt with. This paper summarises the current state of affairs in thinking about FML.