News story markup language and system and process for editing and processing documents
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1. A process for processing markup language documents relating to a news story, comprising the steps of:
- reading an input file having a first file format including a plurality of elements, the input file further including at least one of;
timing information for representing distribution timing of the news story; and
synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements;
the input file further including news story information for representing the news story; and
verifying the first file format of the input file based on a document type definition defining a news story markup language.
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Abstract
The present invention defines a news story document format that supports a wide variety of news story information in a structured manner. The news story markup language of the present invention provides constraints to define timing information for a news story, to define machine control commands that may be used to automate control functions, or to associate multiple elements within one or more documents for the purpose of synchronizing the elements. The present invention defines a system and method for editing and processing news story documents.
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1. A process for processing markup language documents relating to a news story, comprising the steps of:
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reading an input file having a first file format including a plurality of elements, the input file further including at least one of; timing information for representing distribution timing of the news story; and synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; the input file further including news story information for representing the news story; and verifying the first file format of the input file based on a document type definition defining a news story markup language. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for converting one of said plurality of markup language tags and associated text to a machine control instruction for execution by a machine control server. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A data processing system for interpreting a news story markup language document, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining a news story markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the news story markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text; means for converting the plurality of markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; a teleprompter; and means for displaying story information in the teleprompter.
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15. A method of anchoring document text to a control field in the same electronic document in an electronic document editor, comprising the steps of:
- creating an electronic document in a markup language, said electronic document including a declarative tag enclosing the document text;
creating the control field in the electronic document, the control field having a unique identification and containing machine control information for controlling a machine control server; referencing, at a location within the document text, the control field by the unique identification. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
- creating an electronic document in a markup language, said electronic document including a declarative tag enclosing the document text;
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19. A data processing system for viewing a markup language document having a plurality of elements, the system comprising:
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means for obtaining a markup language document from a storage location; means for parsing the plurality of elements of the markup language document, producing a plurality of markup language tags and associated text, wherein the markup language document further includes at least one of; timing information for representing distribution timing of the markup language document; synchronization information for synchronizing a distribution of one of the plurality of elements with a distribution of another of the plurality of elements; means for converting said markup language tags and associated text to system instructions; and means for rendering the system instructions as a visual interpretation of the markup language document. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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