BodyXML: A XML-BASED HIGH-LEVEL REPRESENTATION FRAMEWORK OF HUMAN BODIES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF BODY MODELLING APPLICATIONS

This paper describes the outcome of the e-T Cluster (IST-2000-26084) project, in particular the activities concerned with the development of common standards for the representation of human bodies for the purpose of facilitating easy development of human body modelling applications and the interoperability between them. XML is proposed to form the infrastructure of a generic, inclusive, high level data wrapper that allows a diverse collection of formats to be combined with the meta-information that is necessary for the development of complete, non-trivial applications. A tentative high-level data structure is presented, along with a demonstration of how its use has contributed to the success of a real-world interoperability experiment involving data from various 3D scanners, pattern alteration manufacturing software and pattern cutting software as well as animated dressed avatars. In addition, the use of BodyXML is expected to open up the possibilities of a Sizing Survey at a pan-European level. Ioannis Douros George Kartsounis Philip Treleaven Physics Department, Image Analysis Group Department of Computer Science Agricultural University of Athens (contracted by Athens Technology Centre S.A.) University College London Iera Odos 75 Gower Street 118 55 Athens London WC1E 6BT Greece United Kingdom tel: ++30 210 529 42 21 tel: ++44 (0) 20 7679 3695 fax: ++30 210 529 42 34 fax: ++44 (0) 20 7387 1397 e-mail: [email protected] e-mail: {i.douros, p.treleaven}@cs.ucl.ac.uk