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DOI: 10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.209
URN: urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46588
URL: http://dagstuhl.sunsite.rwth-aachen.de/volltexte/2014/4658/
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Tapscott, Alan ; Colàs, Joaquim ; Moghnieh, Ayman ; Blat, Josep

Modifying Entity Relationship Models for Collaborative Fiction Planning and its Impact on Potential Authors

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Abstract

We propose a modified Entity Relationship (E-R) model, traditionally used for software engineering, to structure, store and share plot data. The flexibility of E-R modelling has been demonstrated by its decades of usage in a wide variety of situations. The success of the E-R model suggests that it could be useful for collaborating fiction authors, adding a certain degree of computational power to their process. We changed the E-R model syntax to better suit the story
plans, switching the emphasis from generic types to instanced story entities, but preserving relationships and attributes. We conducted a small-scale basic experiment to study the impact of using our modified E-R model on authors when understanding and contributing into a pre-existing fiction story plan. The results analysis revealed that the E-R model supports authors as effectively as written text in reading comprehension, memory, and contributing. In addition, the results show that, when combined together, the written text and the E-R model help participants achieve better comprehension--always within the frame
of our experiment. We discuss potential applications of these findings.

BibTeX - Entry

@InProceedings{tapscott_et_al:OASIcs:2014:4658,
  author =	{Alan Tapscott and Joaquim Col{\`a}s and Ayman Moghnieh and Josep Blat},
  title =	{{Modifying Entity Relationship Models for Collaborative Fiction Planning and its Impact on Potential Authors}},
  booktitle =	{2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative},
  pages =	{209--221},
  series =	{OpenAccess Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-939897-71-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2014},
  volume =	{41},
  editor =	{Mark A. Finlayson and Jan Christoph Meister and Emile G. Bruneau},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl--Leibniz-Zentrum fuer Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{http://drops.dagstuhl.de/opus/volltexte/2014/4658},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-46588},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.CMN.2014.209},
  annote =	{Keywords: storytelling, story planning, Entity Relationship Model}
}

Keywords: storytelling, story planning, Entity Relationship Model
Collection: 2014 Workshop on Computational Models of Narrative
Issue Date: 2014
Date of publication: 08.08.2014

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