Meta-squa understands a story represented by a story file. To extend this capability to the images and video, we can represent the images/vidio using the XML markup language. A XML-MetaAqua script translator may then be used to convert the XML file into a LISP-based story file

The XML file consists of 2 sections :-

• an embedded DTD (Document Type Definition) that defines the structure and semantics of various elements that can appear in a story file.
• Followed by XML contents that represent the essence of the image/video.

The translator is implemented in Java using the IBM's XML Parser version 1.1.9 for Java package. It read in the xml file and builds a DOM tree using the Parser calls in uin the XML Parser package. Then it stepped through the tree and generated the lisp script for the story line. The generated scripts can then be input to Meta-Aqua for further processing.

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