On 26 Mar, Patrick H. Lauke wrote: > 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. True. However, unless we actually /structurally/ differentiate between an acronym and an abbreviation there is no way that any browser can render them differently, aurally or otherwise. There is no conceivable point - save to be politically correct - involved in removing elements that HAS semantic interpretation from a markup language. Adding them is useful. Removing them far less so. We don't need to worry about browsers running out of room for elements, after all! -- - Tina Holmboe Greytower Technologies tina@greytower.net http://www.greytower.net +46 708 557 905Received on Monday, 26 March 2007 14:33:10 GMT
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