Justin French said:
"Sure, the W3 spec suggests DLs to be used for conversations and other
non-DL purposes, and we've seen some great examples out there, but the
reality is that (last time I researched), DL's are still announced by
screen readers as "a definition list of N items", which would *real
I think that this is a great discussion. I think that the exact
markup depends on how you choose to structure the interview. If it's
very structured, (i.e strict Q followed by A) sucha s you might get
with a questionairre then:
Question 1
Answer1
Q2
A2 etc...
However, if it is more
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Drew,
I disagree with your argument (below) for three reasons.
1. Dialogs and Q&
As I pointed out previously, the DT is the question and
the DD is the answer.
Tom Jones: What is your favorite color?
Lee Roberts: Blue is my favorite color.
Tom Jones: What is your favorite movie?
Lee Roberts: The Court Jester.
Larry King: What is the most important evolu
Russ, et al,
Sure, the W3 spec suggests DLs to be used for conversations and other
non-DL purposes, and we've seen some great examples out there, but the
reality is that (last time I researched), DL's are still announced by
screen readers as "a definition list of N items", which would *really*
Drew,
I disagree with your argument (below) for three reasons.
1. Dialogs and Q&A's have the same fundamental need. The speaker and
speakers text, or questions and answers should ideally be tied together - as
they have a direct relationship with each other (name/value sets). The
questions do not n
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On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 14:53:46 +1000, Michael Nelson wrote:
> I mean, a definition list
Yeah, good point Lea. From your link: "Another application of DL, for
example, is for marking up dialogues, with each DT naming a speaker, and
each DD containing his or her words."
That makes (meaningful) sense - the definition term being the speaker
and the description being what the speaker said
On Sun, 05 Sep 2004 14:53:46 +1000, Michael Nelson wrote:
> I mean, a definition list is really for definitions
No, I don't agree.
The W3C docs site two example uses:
- a standard term and definition usage, and
- marking up dialogues.
see http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/lists.html#h-10.3
Clearl
> What is the most semantic way to markup an interview?
I've been thinking about this a bit.
If I did want to find the _most semantic_ way to markup an interview (I
can't imagine thinking about it if we hadn't been discussing it though
;-), why wouldn't a paragraph with a meaningful class be the
The WSG "ten question" interviews are marked up as Definition lists:
http://webstandardsgroup.org/features/
More on definition lists here:
http://www.maxdesign.com.au/presentation/definition/
Russ
> What is the most semantic way to markup an interview?
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Heading tags are not appropriate nor semantically correct.
is used for quoting a citation from a book, article
or other piece of work referenced in an article. This is
more adeptly used in reference articles.
is the most appropriate method as it not only
visually separates the question from th
I'd go for definition lists, overkill or not.
Q
A
Failing that, the question could be in headings
interview
Q1
...
Q2
...
Patrick
Sage Olson wrote:
Oops, sorry I wasn't more specific… I meant a large interview that takes
up an entire article, something like this:
http://www.macthemes.net/article
Oops, sorry I wasn't more specific… I meant a large interview that
takes up an entire article, something like this:
http://www.macthemes.net/articles/insider/000189.php
(Note: I'm not a staff member or anything of MacThemes.)
They've used bold tags to indicate the interviewer's questions, and
re
Sage Olson wrote:
> What is the most semantic way to markup an interview?
>
I believe it must beand for bigger phrases, you can
use
Correct me someone if I'm wrong.
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