ABSML is a new markup language that enables the creation of complex sentence formulas for 21st century automatic writing. ABSML tags replace parts of speech and sentence components using sophisticated semantic analysis, regular expressions, and web-based resources. In the right combination, the tags create prose that, while based on formulas and code, do not appear formulaic.

ABSML has been used for the past year by Jeff Crouse and Steve Lambert in projects like "Inside the Artists Studio with James Chimpton" a robotic chimpanzee in a suit who interviewed artists at the 2008 Whitney Biennial for Neighborhood Public Radio. Interview questions were based on an ABSML script that analyzed the artists bio, pulled information from the internet, and used the data to create interview questions.

ABSML was created in the Eyebeam OpenLab.

“ABSML” is a 2008 commission of New Radio and Performing Arts, Inc., (aka Ether-Ore) for its Turbulence web site. It was made possible with funding from the Jerome Foundation.