InkML is an
XML
Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a markup language and file format for storing, transmitting, and reconstructing data. It defines a set of rules for encoding electronic document, documents in a format that is both human-readable and Machine-r ...
-based
markup language
A markup language is a Encoding, text-encoding system which specifies the structure and formatting of a document and potentially the relationships among its parts. Markup can control the display of a document or enrich its content to facilitate au ...
to describe "ink" data input with an
electronic pen or
stylus
A stylus is a writing utensil or tool for scribing or marking into softer materials. Different styluses were used to write in cuneiform by pressing into wet clay, and to scribe or carve into a wax tablet. Very hard styluses are also used to En ...
. The recommended specification was published by the
World Wide Web Consortium
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in ...
(W3C) in September 2011.
It is part of the W3C
Multimodal Interaction Activity initiative.
Software
InkML Toolkit (InkMLTk) is targeted at providing a suite of tools for working with InkML documents.
The toolkit includes the following libraries and tools,
* InkML processor libraries implementing the W3C InkML specification
* Converters library and tools (to and from other ink and image formats)
* InkML viewers as browser plug-ins, and
* InkML applications such as a graphical editor.
This project is released on
SourceForge
SourceForge is a web service founded by Geoffrey B. Jeffery, Tim Perdue, and Drew Streib in November 1999. SourceForge provides a centralized software discovery platform, including an online platform for managing and hosting open-source soft ...
as an open source contribution from
HP Labs
HP Labs is the exploratory and advanced research group for HP Inc. HP Labs' headquarters is in Palo Alto, California and the group has research and development facilities in Bristol, UK. The development of programmable desktop calculators, ink ...
, India.
See also
*
Ink Serialized Format
*
Tablet computer
A tablet computer, commonly shortened to tablet, is a mobile device, typically with a mobile operating system and touchscreen display processing circuitry, and a rechargeable battery in a single, thin and flat package. Tablets, being computers ...
External links
W3C InkML HomeInkML SpecificationInkML Toolkit
- open source contribution fro
HP Labs, India
{{W3C Standards
World Wide Web Consortium standards
Open formats
HP software