Re: abbr and acronym

Quoting Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA <leandro.dutra@corp.orolix.com>:

> 	Yes, but acronyms are pronounced as words, while all-uppercase
> non-acronym abbreviations are spelled out.  So with different acronym
> and abbr elements a speech the user agent will know what to do, roughly
> ? obviously hybrids (eg JPEG) will need special treatment.

But that is arguably a matter of aural presentation, not of the  
content itself.

P
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Received on Monday, 26 March 2007 14:23:14 UTC