- From: Lachlan Hunt <lachlan.hunt@lachy.id.au>
- Date: Fri, 03 Nov 2006 11:34:36 +1100
Jonathan Worent wrote: >> e.g. >> >> You could mark up the first occurance as like this >> >> <abbr title="As Far as I Know">AFAIK</abbr> >> >> Then, later in the document, you could use it without the title attribute >> >> <abbr>AFAIK</abbr> >> >> and a UA could allow the user to discover the expansion. This idea is >> already somewhat supported in the current draft, but requires that it >> references the defining term of a previously marked up <dfn>, rather >> than just another occurrence of the same abbreviation. IMHO, that part >> of the spec needs fixing. > > Would <dfn><abbr title="As Far as I Know">AFAIK</abbr></dfn> satisfy this? No. * It's inconvenient having to type an extra <dfn> element. * You may not be defining the actual meaning of the term and, * According to the current spec, <abbr>AFAIK</abbr> can refer to a <dfn> who's *defining term* is "AFAIK", but in your example, the defining term is "As Far as I Know". -- Lachlan Hunt http://lachy.id.au/
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