Re: acronym and abbreviation markup - insert full stops??

• From: Kassia Krozser <ktwice@pandemic.com>
• Date: Mon, 10 Oct 2005 07:46:56 -0700
• To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
• Message-ID: <434A7EE0.8070908@pandemic.com>

In real-life usage, most people consider this an acronym, though some 
might sit back and think, hmmm, looks like an abbreviation to me. I 
don't know of mark-up for initialisms, so the choice seems to be to not 
do anything or to use <acronym>. Getting non-technical users to insert 
proper codes for content is difficult enough without adding a debate 
about semantics.


David Woolley wrote:
>>For example <acronym>B.B.C</acronym> for BBC.
> 
> 
> To re-raise an old chestnut, BBC is not an acronym in the British 
> English definition of acronym.
> 
> 

Received on Monday, 10 October 2005 14:47:01 UTC