- From: Rob <wlkngowl@unix.asb.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Jul 1997 08:11:46 -0500
- To: Aymeric Poulain Maubant <Aymeric.PoulainMaubant@enst-bretagne.fr>
- CC: www-html@w3.org
Aymeric Poulain Maubant <Aymeric.PoulainMaubant@enst-bretagne.fr> on Fri, 11 Jul 1997 wrote: > What about a 'declare' attribute for acronym then ? > > <!ELEMENT ACRONYM - - (%inline)*> > <!ATTLIST ACRONYM) > declare (declare) #IMPLIED -- declare but don't instantiate flag -- > %attrs; -- %coreattrs, %i18n, %events -- > > > > We could then have declarations of widely used acronyms the first time > they are used in a document, or declarations listed in a LINKed dictionnary : The first time an ACRONYM is used would declare it, though a LINK referring to definitions, or optional ID attributes to differentiate between conflicts would help. A <LINK REL=MetaDefs HREF=...> in the HEAD element, with expanded and shared definitions for ACRONYMs, PERSONs, PLACEs, CITEs, et cetera. Hm... mental gears are moving here. Rob --- Robert Rothenburg Walking-Owl (wlkngowl@unix.asb.com) Se habla PGP. http://www.asb.com/usr/wlkngowl
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