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A Semantic Approach to Virtual World Standards
Nov.-Dec. 2011 (vol. 15 no. 6)
pp. 40-43
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David J.H. Burden, "A Semantic Approach to Virtual World Standards," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 40-43, Nov.-Dec., 2011.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MIC.2011.79,
author = {David J.H. Burden},
title = {A Semantic Approach to Virtual World Standards},
journal ={IEEE Internet Computing},
volume = {15},
number = {6},
issn = {1089-7801},
year = {2011},
pages = {40-43},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2011.79},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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TY - MGZN
JO - IEEE Internet Computing
TI - A Semantic Approach to Virtual World Standards
IS - 6
SN - 1089-7801
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EPD - 40-43
A1 - David J.H. Burden,
PY - 2011
KW - virtual worlds
KW - architecture
KW - semantic markup language
KW - virtual patients
KW - standards
KW - interoperability
VL - 15
JA - IEEE Internet Computing
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Three main approaches exist for virtual world standardization: interoperability, infrastructure, and semantic markup languages. Most standards efforts to date have concentrated on virtual worlds' graphical aspects rather than their semantic content. Here, the author uses an example audio-only virtual world to reveal the advantages of defining any virtual world in semantic terms, so it can be realized in various ways — for example, by graphics or audio. Examples of semantic markup already used in conjunction with virtual worlds indicate that this approach is promising.

Index Terms:
virtual worlds, architecture, semantic markup language, virtual patients, standards, interoperability
Citation:
David J.H. Burden, "A Semantic Approach to Virtual World Standards," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 15, no. 6, pp. 40-43, Nov.-Dec. 2011, doi:10.1109/MIC.2011.79
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