====== Gesture Description Interchange Format (GDIF) ======

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|participants=[[people:Alexander Refsum Jensenius]]\\
 [[people:Joseph Malloch]]\\
 [[people:Stephen Sinclair]]\\
 [[people:Mark T. Marshall]]\\
 [[people:Nils Peters]]\\
 [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley]]|
|collaborators=Musical Gestures Group,University of Oslo\\
 Music Technology Group, University Pompeu Fabra|
|funding=|
|type=Protocols and file formats.|
|period=2006--present.|
|status=Ongoing.|
|image=projects:gdif:gdif-streams.png|
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The Gesture Description Interchange Format (GDIF) is being developed for streaming and storing data of music-related movement. Current general purpose motion/gesture formats developed within the motion capture industry and biomechanical community focus mainly on describing low-level biomechanical properties. We are more interested in describing gesture qualities, performer-instrument relationships, and movement-sound couplings in a coherent and consistent way. A common musical gesture format will simplify working with different software, platforms and devices, and allow for making more flexible NIME and sharing data between institutions.

For realtime applications, we use OSC (http://www.opensoundcontrol.org). We envisage using SDIF for storing data streams, and XML for storing structured files.

=== Publications ===

  * [[people:Mark T. Marshall|Marshall, M. T.]], N. Peters, [[people:Alexander Refsum Jensenius|A. R. Jensenius]], [[people:Julien Boissinot|J. Boissinot]], [[people:Marcelo M. Wanderley|M. M. Wanderley]], and J. Braasch (2006). {{publications:2006:marshall_icmc2006.pdf|On the development of a system for gesture control of spatialization.}} In Proceedings of the 2006 International Computer Music Conference, 6-11 November, New Orleans.
  * [[people:Alexander Refsum Jensenius|Jensenius, A. R.]], T. Kvifte, and R. I. Godøy (2006). {{publications:2006:jensenius_nime2006.pdf|Towards a gesture description interchange format.}} In N. Schnell, F. Bevilacqua, M. Lyons, and A. Tanaka (Eds.), Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 06, IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, June 4-8, pp. 176–179. Paris: IRCAM - Centre Pompidou.
  * Kvifte, T. and [[people:Alexander Refsum Jensenius|A. R. Jensenius]] (2006). {{publications:2006:kvifte_nime2006.pdf|Towards a coherent terminology and model of instrument description and design.}} In N. Schnell, F. Bevilacqua, M. Lyons, and A. Tanaka (Eds.), Proceedings of New Interfaces for Musical Expression, NIME 06, IRCAM - Centre Pompidou, Paris, France, June 4-8, pp. 220–225. Paris: IRCAM - Centre Pompidou.

{{tag>GDIF Protocols}}