XML Schema for Theatrical Scripts?

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.

Best version I know of

[Ob the Rat]

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/

Text Encoding Initiative

[The Quiet Man]

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

It's been done before.

[Anonymous Coward]

http://www.funkplanet.com/thespians/ [funkplanet.com]

A stunning waste of time, but it does in fact perform plays on IRC. Requires Perl, POE, and a fair amount of patience. Have fun.