Method and apparatus for composing markup for arranging multimedia elements

A method of configuring a markup for composition of multimedia elements in a multimedia communication system is provided. The method includes configuring area description information corresponding to each of a plurality of areas included in a scene, configuring multimedia description information corresponding to at least one multimedia included in each of the plurality of areas, configuring scene composition information describing spatial composition and temporal composition of each of the plurality of areas, and configuring a markup including the scene composition information, the area description information, and the multimedia description information.