Re: Brainstorming - abbreviations

Robert Brodrecht schreef:
>> I don't find the difference between abbreviations and acronym important
>>  enough to maintain it in a technical standard as HTML. Thus, I suggest
>>  both be replaced with a single element:
>>
>>    <short>
>>     
>
> That's a fine idea.  Basically, what you've done is thrown out both
> specific meanings in favor of an equally easy to type element.  You've
> made it very generic, and not used a term that is already tied to a
> specific grammatical idea.  Both are "short versions of longer terms."  If
> this change were made, I'd have little to argue about.  I could accept the
> "short" tag.

Yes, and it would not be backwards compatible with HTML4. That seems 
kind of unacceptable, especially given that we already have <abbr> for 
abbreviations.


~Grauw

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