auturgist/storyscripts

Story scripts for storyline visualizations.

Story Script (XML)

The story script is defined as an XML document that records story characters and their scenic interactions. We define two kinds of leaf nodes, namely <Location /> and <Character />, which are under the root node <Story />. The <Location /> node contains two necessary attributes: Name and Sessions. A Session refers to a scenic group that contains one or more Characters. A Character contains one necessary attributes: Name. The <Span /> nodes represent the Sessions, which are characterized by a three-tuple: Start (Time), End (Time), and Session (Id). The sample script （Redhat） is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<Story>
  <Locations>
    <Location Name="Red cap's Home" Sessions="1, 2" />
    <Location Name="Forest" Sessions="2"></Location>
    <Location Name="Grandmother's Home" Sessions="3"></Location>
  </Locations>
  <Characters>
    <Character Name="Red cap">
      <Span Start="1" End="5" Session="1"></Span>
      <Span Start="5" End="18" Session="2"></Span>
      <Span Start="18" End="22" Session="3"></Span>
    </Character>
    <Character Name="Mother">
      <Span Start="1" End="25" Session="1"></Span>
    </Character>
    <Character Name="Grandmother">
      <Span Start="10" End="15" Session="3"></Span>
    </Character> 
    <Character Name="Wolf">
      <Span Start="6" End="11" Session="2"></Span>
      <Span Start="11" End="25" Session="3"></Span>
    </Character>
  </Characters>
</Story>

JSON

We also provide a simplified JSON format which is compatible with the XML document (see iStoryline.js).