Towards an Emotion Specification Method: Representing Emotional Physiological Signals

This paper introduces initial attempts towards an emotion specification method for physiological signals. The core elements of a complete emotion record are identified and their structure is represented. The XML annotation is proposed as the most appropriate since it provides platform independency and easier intercommunication. The emotion record is described in both quantitative statistical and qualitative analytical manners. The former is a standard way of representing signals by specifying their true numerical values. The second, though is additional description that is characteristic for each signal and describes the main features of the signal in a more free and informal annotation.