- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2008 23:14:57 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Ben Boyle <benjamins.boyle@gmail.com>
- Cc: HTML WG <public-html@w3.org>
On Wed, 23 Apr 2008, Ben Boyle wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 23, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> wrote: > > > > <p>The <dfn>Garage Door Opener (<abbr>GDO</abbr>)</dfn> > > > > The term being defined is "Garage Door Opener", so I'd say the right > > markup is: > > > > <p>The <dfn>Garage Door Opener</dfn> (GDO) is... > > Be great to see an example like this in the spec: how to markup a > common writing technique. Added. > > Right now the rule is basically "use <abbr> if you're giving an > > expansion", but this may change, as people seem to want to mark up > > abbreviations even without expansions. I'm not sure what advice to give, > > though. Any suggestions? As far as I can tell it's: > > > > * Definitely mark up any abbreviation you want to give an expansion for. > > > > * Mark up abbreviations and give expansions for them if they're terms > > that your readers may not know. > > > > * Mark up other abbreviations if you need them semantically annotated > > (e.g. because you want to style abbreviations). > > > > Would that be enough? > > Yep, that's pretty good. Maybe clarify the second point to more > explicitly suggest mark up for terms that are invented on that website > (e.g. by the company/person the site represents). Ok, added the above. > Might be worth throwing something in to say the dfn and/or abbr tags may > be used with "acronyms" and other specialised "shortened forms" > (initialisms, contractions, ...). Had enough needless debates over that, > would like to just point at the spec and say "see, it is ok. we won't be > hurting anyone". Are the examples in the <dfn> section and <abbr> section enough? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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