The <section> element

A section groups together items that are presented and recorded in a similar manner.

In a recording script, the <section> tag is defined as follows:

<!ELEMENT section (nonrecording | recording)+ >

<!ATTLIST section name CDATA #IMPLIED
                  speakerdisplay CDATA #IMPLIED
                  order CDATA #IMPLIED
                  mode CDATA #IMPLIED
                  promptphase CDATA #IMPLIED >

All attributes are optional. name specifies the name of the section, e.g. Introduction or Narrative. speakerdisplay indicates whether the speaker view will be shown or not - allowed attribute values are yes and no.

order specifies the order in which the items in this section will be presented. The allowed values are sequential or random.

mode controls the recording progress. The attribute value manual means that the user has to click once to advance to the next recording item, and again to start the recording. autoprogress means that the user clicks only once to advance to and immediately start the next recording. autorecording finally means that the script proceeds to the next item and starts its recording without user action. However, the user may pause the script and resume recording later.

promptphase specifies when the prompt item is displayed. idle displays the item already before the actual recording, e.g. to give the user time for preparation. recording shows the prompt only during the recording phase (see section 2 for details)