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Re: abbr and acronym

From: Nicolas Krebs <nicolas1.krebs3@netcourrier.com>
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 23:30:13 +0200
To: www-html@w3.org
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> From: Yahia <cyahia@gmail.com>
> Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:30:55 -0000
> To: www-html@w3.org
> Message-ID: <op.tps9tteq4lprl1@poste0> 

> For instance, say I'm writing a webpage in french, and have different  
> acronyms and abbreviations to put in the text. How would I mark them up  
> individually? Should I use <abbr> and <acronym> following the W3C spec  
> that follows the english definitions, or use them following the french  
> definitions?

If you write a document in "W3C HTML 4", you should follow the definition of 
http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-html401-19991224/struct/text.html#edef-ACRONYM .
Received on Monday, 26 March 2007 21:34:58 GMT

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