Taleinput

Taleinput is a conceptual framework for encoding narrative requirements to automated storytelling systems. It standardizes the essential elements of a tale and constraints for generation, allowing creators to specify a story's inputs without drafting prose.

Core components typically include setting, characters, plot points, tone, length, perspective, pacing, and audience, plus optional motifs or themes. Each component is described with structured fields that engines can interpret.

The schema is usually expressed in structured data formats such as JSON, YAML, or XML, enabling easy parsing and interoperability across engines. Taleinput favors modularity and reusable templates for worldbuilding, character templates, and plot arcs.

Usage encompasses narrative-generation tools, game development for branching narratives, educational applications, and AI research into controllable text. Because taleinput is a broad concept rather than a single standard, different projects implement variant schemas and vocabularies.

See also: narrative generation, interactive fiction, prompt engineering.