- From: Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2012 18:02:59 +0200
- To: Willabee Wombat <willabeewombat@gmail.com>
- Cc: whatwg@whatwg.org
Willabee Wombat <willabeewombat@gmail.com> schrieb am Mon, 15 Oct 2012 16:40:11 +0100: > Please see http://forums.whatwg.org/bb3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5081 for > the background of my request to have <acronym> added to the HTML5 > spec. > > > > *Summary* > > Without getting into all of the discussions about what is an > abbreviation and what is an acronym, I would like to propose the > <acronym> element be added to the semantics of HTML5 with a clear > indication of its semantic use; > > […] I just found <http://camendesign.com/code/using-abbr> where it is suggested to use an abbr element without a title attribute to indicate that the abbreviation “is unpronouncable as a word”. <http://camendesign.com/abbr_redux> backtracks: “Do not use [abbr] on initialisms that are spoken letter-by-letter”, “Only use abbr without a title on initialisms that should be pronounced as written rather than read out letter-by-letter”. Is this acceptable? -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
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