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XML Schema for Theatrical Scripts?

Posted by Cliff on from the novel-uses-for-bots dept.

skunkeh asks: "I was recently discussing innovative uses for IRC bots with a friend and we came up with the idea of using bots for theatrical performances, with different bots taking on different roles and outputting a pre-defined script to a moderated IRC channel. The obvious solution for inputing scripts to the bots would be using XML - is anyone aware of an XML standard for play scripts or would we need to create our own?" Bots doing Shakesspeare? Hrmm....OK, after that image, this is the last time I post Slashdot articles while drinking Bawls.

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  1. Best version I know of by Ob+the+Rat · · Score: 4, Informative

    Jon Boask has done some work on this. It includes at DTD instead of an XMLSchema, but it's not too hard to move between the two...

    http://www.oasis-open.org/cover/bosakShakespeare 20 0.html

    http://www.ibiblio.org/xml/examples/shakespeare/

    1. Re:Best version I know of by emf · · Score: 3, Insightful


      Thats pretty cool. He just has to figure out a way to "direct" the bots. The dialog should flow slowly for somethings and fast for other things ( like arguments ), so he should have delays between lines. Perhaps even have the bots enter / leave the channel at certain times, and even kick themselves out of the channel when they are fighting.

      You know you've been on IRC way to long when your thinking about Shakespeare on IRC :)

    2. Re:Best version I know of by Howie · · Score: 3, Interesting

      It's not a new thing... back when there was only one IRC network (around 1992/3), I remember seeing Macbeth played out on IRC - not with bots but people, though.

      Character did indeed leave the channel as they went offstage, and of course you only need enough people for the maximum number of actors in any scene, because "costume changes" are instant. /nick dagger /join #stage /me floats before lady macbeth

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  2. Text Encoding Initiative by The+Quiet+Man · · Score: 2, Informative

    Check out the TEI web site at www.tei-c.org. Their DTD includes tags for marking up scripts.

  3. LaTeX by Raven667 · · Score: 2

    While not exactally the information you were looking for, there is a perfectly good LaTeX macro set for making scripts. This many be a good base for creating an XML Scheme, knowing what tags you will need and such.

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