PSCML is a subset of  XML that is suitable for describing play scripts. The file extension is .pscml (or .xml). UTF-8 is recommended as the character encoding.

→ Play script samples in PSCML

Software

• PlaySCriptViewer
  PSCML viewer for smartphones.
• PlayScriptConv
  Text -> PSCML converter for Windows.
• Rehearsal Plan Sheet
  Excel macro for stage rehearsal plans.

Concept

PSCML has a structure that is intrinsic to play scripts. It doesn’t have visual attributes like EPUB data has. PSCML is good for programs that process “document structure” and “presentation” respectively.

Schema

The schema is as follows in RELAX NG. Current PSCML version is 0.14.

element playscript
{
  element pscmlversion { text },
  element header
  {
    element title { attribute id { text }?, text },
    element author { attribute id { text }?, text }?,
    element comment
    {
      attribute id { text }?,
      text, (element br { empty }, text)*
    }*
  },
  element characters
  {
    element charsheadline { attribute id { text }?, text }?,
    ( element character
      {
        attribute id { text }?,
        element name { text },
        element description { text }?
      }
    | element comment
      {
        attribute id { text }?,
        text, (element br { empty }, text)*
      }
    )+
  }?,
  element body
  {
    ( element h1 { attribute id { text }?, text }
    | element h2 { attribute id { text }?, text }
    | element h3 { attribute id { text }?, text }
    | element direction
      {
        attribute id { text }?,
        text, (element br { empty }, text)*
      }
    | element dialogue
      {
        attribute id { text }?,
        element name { text },
        element line { text, (element br { empty }, text)* }
      }
    )+
  },
  element footer
  {
    element endmark { attribute id { text }?, text }?,
    element comment
    {
      attribute id { text }?,
      text, (element br { empty }, text)*
    }*
  }?
}