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this is a very progressive and thought-provoking idea, adrian.
news stories do have definite items that could be parsed out or marked up as either meta or inside the story. of course there are obvious cliches that could enhance an abstract: <who> <what> <when> <where> <why> or even <peg>. but more useful to quick data retrieval would be items outside of the narrative like <fact> or <quote>, which could also have weighted subs like <source> or <reference> or <attribution>. you can then throw in tags like <analysis> <opinion> <commentary> or even get down to writing terminology like <nutgraf> <transistion> or <entry point> or even <color>.
We continue to talk about what technology does to changing theory and practice of newsgathering, reporting, and writing. I begin to wonder if we are nearing a new period in production of news content. Just as the telegraph and telephone changed the process flow of filing stories, might we benefit from having reporters collect and tag data and file it to the new, transparent rewrite desk.
A just-the-facts approach might have a strong effect against accusations of bias in the media.
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