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From: Deborah Edwards-Onoro
Date: Jun 10, 2009 1:25PM

At the college where I work, we're reviewing how to markup transcripts
of videos. In the past, we've used definition lists with <blockquote>
and <cite> elements, probably not the best choice.

What recommendations do you have for marking up transcripts? A review
of several sites show transcripts using <p> with <strong> to indicate
the speaker. Other sites simply have a Word document or plain text
file posted of the transcript. I've seen sites with PDFs for the
transcript as well.

Additional markup choices I've found include:

* headings <h3> or <h4> for the speaker and <p> for the dialog
* definition lists <dt> for speaker, <dd> for dialog (with no
additional elements used)

Any recommendations on what has worked for your organization? Or what
hasn't worked well?

Regards,

Deborah Edwards-Onoro
Lireo Designs
6524 Durham
Canton, MI 48187
734.418.8604
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www.lireo.com