Re: [docbook] DocBook Technical Committee Meeting Minutes: 15 July2009

[Scott Hudson <scott.hudson@flatironssolutions.com>]

Cédric,

thank you so much for your comments. I'll bring this information up at 
our next meeting. Perhaps you would also be interested in joining the 
meeting to provide additional comments? Let me know and I'll send 
meeting info.

As for the similarity of the models, we wanted to enable semantic 
distinction in the elements, but provide a common framework for how 
lines would be marked up. Additional elements could be added as you have 
indicated, but we did not want to add so many specific elements to be 
too restrictive.This is why the db.all.blocks pattern is also allowed 
between lines and linegroups.

Thanks and best regards,

--Scott

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Mimil Mimil wrote:
> 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 <davep@dpawson.co.uk 
> <mailto:davep@dpawson.co.uk>> 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
>
>