Hello, I did some research and I found interesting document about screenplays (a dialogue base interaction too) and they use the following additional informations:
- scene numbering - scene slugs: information about the action location (setting, location, time of the day) - scene breaks: information about the action rhythm - scene description: information about the action environment - dialogue: vocal direction, emotion Everything is explained at http://www.mediachops.com/producer_chops/1_Production_Cycle/PDFs/screenplay_formatting.pdf Maybe something to take into account for the publisher spec? Regards, Cédric, On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 8:18 AM, Dave Pawson <[email protected]> wrote: > On 07/20/2009 10:18 PM, Mimil Mimil wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I just have a little comment on 8.Publishing Subcommittee report ... >> Scott suggests everyone read it and provide comments. >> >> With an external view (no knowledge of publishing) I wondered what is the >> real motivation to have 3 distinct elements (dialogue, drama, poetry) >> because they seem to have the same goal "speeches" and also have the same >> xml definition in the spec ( >> http://docs.oasis-open.org/docbook/specs/publishers-1.0-spec-cd-01.pdf) >> If the definition is the same, isn't the role attribute sufficient within >> a single dialogue element? >> Or is it a choice made to simplify the stylesheet work as these elements >> really need a different printing layout? >> >> Best regards, >> Cédric, >> > > With some (not a lot) of experience in marking up both poetry and drama, I > can state > that they are quite different in some ways, particularly if certain aspects > of the visual > presentation of the source is required to be captured. > > > > > regards > > -- > Dave Pawson > XSLT XSL-FO FAQ. > http://www.dpawson.co.uk > >
