Storage medium storing text-based subtitle data including style information, and apparatus and method of playing back the storage medium

1. A computer readable recording medium for use with a recording and/or reproducing apparatus, comprising:

moving image data; and

subtitle data used by the apparatus to provide a subtitle for the moving image data,

wherein:

the subtitle data comprises:

a style set element comprising at least one style element and at least one user changeable style element, the at least one style element comprising an identifier of the style element and style information to be applied by the apparatus to a text in a script element, and the at least one user changeable style element comprising an identifier of the user changeable style element and style information which can be changed by a user's selection via the apparatus; and

the script element comprising text information having the text to be used by the apparatus for the subtitle, information on an output time when the apparatus is to output subtitle, and information designating the identifier of the style element to be applied by the apparatus to the text,

a user changeable style element whose identifier is identical with an identifier of a user changeable style element stored in a player register in the apparatus is used by the apparatus for providing the subtitle chosen from among the at least one user changeable style element.

2. The computer readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein the subtitle data is recorded in the form of a Markup document expressed with elements and attributes.

3. The computer readable recording medium of claim 1 , wherein another portion of the subtitle data is recorded on a local storage medium separate from the recording medium having the moving image data.

4. The computer readable recording medium of claim 1 , where the recording medium is detachable from a playback apparatus.

5. The computer readable recording medium of claim 4 , whenever the recording medium comprise an optical disc from which data can be read using an optical device comprising the apparatus.

6. An apparatus which transfers data with respect to a storage medium, the storage medium comprising: moving image data; and subtitle data for providing a subtitle for the moving image data, wherein the subtitle data comprises a style set element comprising at least one style element and at least one user changeable style element, the at least one style element comprising an identifier of the style element and style information to be applied to a text in a script element, and the at least one user changeable style element comprising an identifier of the user changeable style element and style information which can be changed by a user's selection; and a script element comprising text information having the text to be used for the subtitle, information on an output time when the subtitle is to be output, and information designating the identifier of the style element to be applied to the text, the apparatus comprising:

a register that stores information used to select and/or change a style in which the subtitle is output; and

a text subtitle processor which selects a style to be applied to the text using the identifier of the style element and the identifier of the user changeable style element stored in the register.

7. The apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:

a core data processor that controls reproduction of the moving image data read from the storage medium;

a full data processor providing an interaction with a user with respect to the reproduced moving image data;

a moving image data processor that decodes the moving image data and outputs a result of the decoding to be displayed on a display screen; and

a blender that blends an image output by the full data processor and an image output by the moving image data processor and outputs a result of the blending to be displayed on the display screen.

8. The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein:

one or both of the core data processor and the full data processor receives a subtitle output command from the user and transmits the subtitle output command to the text subtitle processor;

the text subtitle processor reads out the subtitle data, verifies whether the read-out subtitle data is consistent with a predefined sentence structure, and renders the script information using the style information included in the subtitle data; and

the moving image data processor decodes the moving image data and the rendered script information, blends a result of the decoding, and outputs a result of the blending to be displayed on the display screen.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 , wherein:

one or both of the core data processor and the full data processor receives a command to change an output style of the subtitle from the user and transmits the command to the text subtitle processor; and

the text subtitle processor changes the user changeable style element used in rendering the script element and stores the changed user changeable style element in the register.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the full data processor transmits the command to change the output style of the subtitle to the text subtitle processor via a predefined application program interface (API).

11. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the full data processor supports one of a JAVA environment and/or a Markup language environment.

12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the API includes a command to designate an identifier of a stylesheet, a command which refers to a stylesheet prior to a current stylesheet in a sequence of the stylesheets, a command which refers to a stylesheet next to the current stylesheet in a sequence of the stylesheets, or combinations thereof.

13. A method of playing back a storage medium, the storage medium comprising: moving image data; and subtitle data for providing a subtitle for the moving image data, wherein the subtitle data comprises a style set element comprising at least one style element and at least one user changeable style element, the at least one style element comprising an identifier of the style element and style information to be applied to a text in a script element, and the at least one user changeable style element comprising an identifier of the user changeable style element and style information which can be changed by a user's selection; and a script element comprising text information having the text to be used for the subtitle, information on an output time when the subtitle is to be output, and information designating the identifier of the style element to be applied to the text, the method comprising:

reading an identifier of a user changeable style element from a register in an apparatus; and

selecting a style to be applied to the text using the identifier of the style element and the identifier of the user changeable style element read from the register.