- From: Jon Ribbens <jribbens@sitemorse.com>
- Date: Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:07:37 +0100
- To: www-html-editor@w3.org
In section 9.2.1, it says: > Western languages make extensive use of acronyms such as "GmbH", > "NATO", and "F.B.I.", as well as abbreviations like "M.", "Inc.", > "et al.", "etc.". "GmbH" and "FBI" are not acronyms. It goes on to say: > For example, while "IRS" and "BBC" are typically pronounced letter by > letter, "NATO" and "UNESCO" are pronounced phonetically. That is the difference between an acronym and an initialism. "NATO" and "UNESCO" would be suitable for <acronym>, whereas "IRS" and "BBC" should not be put inside <acronym>, because they are not acronyms (<abbr> must be used instead). Neither are the other examples acronyms, URI and SQL (unless perhaps there really are people somewhere in the world who pronounce URI "you-ree"). I'm not just being pedantic, anyone reading the spec as it stands would be seriously misled about the proper use of <abbr> vs <acronym>. I note that unfortunately <acronym> seems to have disappeared in HTML5.
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