DAISY—Structure Guidelines: Elements, Inline Elements, Information Object Word
Information Object
Word
Definition
A character or group of characters enclosed by two spaces.
Markup
This element can be used to mark each word in a digital talking book so that the audio and text files can be synchronized at the word level. Tagging of individual words would normally be done by a production tool (if at all), rather than by hand.
Syntax
<w>…</w>
Example
<p><sent><w>On</w> <w>the</w> <w>thirteenth</w> <w>of</w> <w>January</w>.</sent></p>