- From: Wendy A Chisholm <wendy@w3.org>
- Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 15:47:19 -0500
- To: "Jens Meiert" <jens.meiert@erde3.com>, "Sailesh Panchang" <sailesh.panchang@deque.com>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Since XHTML 2.0 currently has one element for both acronyms and abbreviations [1], we felt we should head that direction as well. We should clarify this in the HTML Techniques document. from the XHTML 2.0 spec: The abbr element indicates that a text fragment is an abbreviation (e.g., W3C, XML, Inc., Ltd., Mass., etc.); this includes acronyms. --wendy [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml2/mod-inline-text.html#sec_9.1. At 03:18 AM 12/3/2003, Jens Meiert wrote: > > In the example for abbreviation, are WWW and SSN not acronyms? > >You are absolutely right, and the cited definitions are also correct. -- >Maybe the WAI documents wording is intended since e.g. upcoming XHTML 2.0 will >AFAIK only support the <abbr /> element (which is another topic I don't >necessarily agree to)? Or is it a mistake? > > >Best regards, > Jens. > > >-- >Jens Meiert >Interface Architect > >http://meiert.com/ -- wendy a chisholm world wide web consortium web accessibility initiative http://www.w3.org/WAI/ /--
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