- From: John M Slatin <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Date: Tue, 13 Sep 2005 11:38:38 -0500
- To: <Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com>, <public-wcag-teamb@w3.org>
Thanks, Becky. I have a question about the second example below. You suggest: <blockquote> <p>Welcome to the <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr>!</p> The <abbr> element is used again for WWW when it appears after a named anchor <p><a name="charter" id="charter"> </a>The <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr> is chartered with .......</p> </blockquote> Should the second example here be <abbr title="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr> etc.? W3C has charters, but the WWW as a whole...? John "Good design is accessible design." Dr. John M. Slatin, Director Accessibility Institute University of Texas at Austin FAC 248C 1 University Station G9600 Austin, TX 78712 ph 512-495-4288, fax 512-495-4524 email jslatin@mail.utexas.edu Web http://www.utexas.edu/research/accessibility -----Original Message----- From: public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org [mailto:public-wcag-teamb-request@w3.org] On Behalf Of Becky_Gibson@notesdev.ibm.com Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:18 PM To: public-wcag-teamb@w3.org Subject: [TECHS] Rough draft of technique and test for use of abbr element Here is a reworked HTML technique for the use of the <abbr> element to mark up abbreviations. I have made some proposals for when the abbreviation element should be used. 1. abbreviations should be marked on the first occurrence of the delivery unit. 2. abbreviations should be marked after each named anchor in the delivery unit. 3. Best practice is to mark up ALL abbreviations since XTHML 2 is recommending this. There are many that believe that all abbreviations should be marked in the document. I am reluctant for WCAG to enforce this since it has a big impact on existing content and on tool vendors. Thus, I suggest marking every occurrence as a best practice and look towards the future with "enforcement" in XHTML 2. I also removed the information from this technique about using the abbr attribute in table headers. I believe that belongs in a separate technique and will propose one. I took a stab at creating a test for this technique. Both the proposed test and technique are attached. Becky Gibson Web Accessibility Architect IBM Emerging Internet Technologies 5 Technology Park Drive Westford, MA 01886 Voice: 978 399-6101; t/l 333-6101 Email: gibsonb@us.ibm.com
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