- From: Benjamin Schak <benjamin@schak.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Aug 1999 15:24:26 -0400 (EDT)
- To: <www-style@w3.org>
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/struct/text.html#edef-ABBR recommends that authors use the "title" attribute to give the full or expanded form of the expression. Speech agents I've heard render something like <abbr title="United Nations">UN</abbr> as: United Nations 'U' 'N' Perhaps speech browsers should be trained to replace an abbreviation with the title. >I was unaware that the title attribute replaces the contents when >spoken. In the HTML4 spec, it sounds like the title text introduces >the contents of the tag. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: www-style-request@w3.org [SMTP:www-style-request@w3.org] >> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 1999 7:45 PM >> To: www-style@w3.org >> Subject: Re: Speak-Punctuation >> >> >It might make sense to add a "skip" value to >> >the speak-punctuation property, for use with >> >acronyms that nomally use periods, like "The >> >Man From U.N.C.L.E" >> >> I think you could just write: >> "The Man From <acronym title="Uncle">U.N.C.L.E</acronym>" >> to get your message across, without using any new features. >> >> Benjamin Schak >> benjamin@schak.com >> http://www.schak.com/ >> >
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