Layer 0: Syntax INTERSCRIPT/INTERCHANGE/1.0 { -- body of the script -- } ENDSCRIPT INTERSCRIPT/INTERCHANGE/1.0 {Text$ "Now is the ... party." "A second string" font_{Font$ name_Helvetica}} ENDSCRIPT INTERSCRIPT/INTERCHANGE/1.0 {Paragraph$ lineJustification_T leftMargin_1.0*inch {Text$ "Now is the ... party." "A second string" font_{Font$ name_Helvetica}} } ENDSCRIPT INTERSCRIPT/INTERCHANGE/1.0 {BarChart$ xEdge_{edge | range_{1970 1980} delta_1 lbl_"Year"}} yEdge_{edge | range_{0 11.5} delta_0.5 lbl_"Corn(tons)"} {1970 7.7} {1980 11.2} {1973 7.8} } ENDSCRIPT Layer 1: Semantics value space: atoms, numbers, strings, nodes, quoted expressions bindings and content structure: bindings, evaluation scope for names external environment The Interscript semantic function maps a script into a tree-like representation two scripts are equivalent if their semantic representations are equal Safe Editing A tag on a node is like a type in Mesa A tag definition specifies relevant attributes other required tags allowed parent tags type of the contents a node invariant what more basic tag it can be reduced to (if any) Tag definitions enable an editor to deal safely with nodes with tags that it doesn't directly implement (deletion, copying, moving) Standard Document Constructs Document$ Measure$: {under, nominal, over} Span$: measures to define end points, distances from sibling spans, distances from enclosing span Box$: two spans Page$ Text$, Font$, PseudoChar$ Paragraph$ TextField$ TextRemoteContent$ Together$ Table$: TableHeading$, TableRow$, TableEntry$ Inked$ InterPress$ Caution$ Layout Everything is defined in terms of boxes Solid layout Layout with templates: Pouring streams, labels Pours and penalties: fences Multi-level pours Contents of the Draft Standard 1. Introduction 2. The Language Basis: Syntax, Semantics, and Encoding 3. Tag Declaration, Node Invariants, and Safety Rules for Editors 4. Standard Document Constructs 5. Layout 6. Other Constructs 7. Pragmatics Appendix A: Glossary Appendix B: Example of Script Evaluation Index