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 *really* confuse me in the context of an interview being read to me by a screen reader."
Then you'll also know that screen readers say the word "equals" between a <dt> and its <dd>(s) - Somthing that would make a lot of sense in the examples Russ gave... "What's your favourie colour" - 'equals' - "Joe: My favourite colour is not blue." The deciding point (for me) is totally the context of the interview. If it was a formal interview that was the only focus of the page, which would also include an introduction of the interviewee at the top - the <dt>Q</dt> <dd>A</dd> approach would make the most sense. If, on the other hand, the interview was in a blog entry or similar, I would use the <dt> to announce each speaker. The mere fact that a (semi) heated debate can arrise around a single semantic issue is a great indication that everyone involved is doing their best to contribute to the 'semantic web'. Andrew. -------------------------------- http://leftjustified.net/ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ Proud presenters of Web Essentials 04 http://we04.com/ Web standards, accessibility, inspiration, knowledge To be held in Sydney, September 30 and October 1, 2004 See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
