- From: Jens Meiert <jens.meiert@erde3.com>
- Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 09:31:21 +0100 (MET)
- To: "John M Slatin" <john_slatin@austin.utexas.edu>
- Cc: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org, www-html@w3.org
> [...] abbr title="By the way">BTW</abbr>, I wonder how the linguists > feel about making acronym and abbreviation synonymous? Absolutely agreed. Btw, several months ago I proposed at least a more generic solution [1], either by adding a <term /> element or by replacing <abbr /> and <acronym /> by <explanation /> to offer a single element which is semantically sufficient for abbreviations, acronyms, as well as technical terms (which <abbr /> obviously is not, since it per se doesn't even match acronyms). If the current solution is challenged by the WAI WG, what about this suggestion? All the best, Jens. [1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2003Jul/0009.html -- Jens Meiert Interface Architect http://meiert.com/
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