- From: Maurizio Boscarol <maurizio@usabile.it>
- Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:37:40 +0100
- To: <ishida@w3.org>, <w3c-wai-gl@w3.org>
Richard Ishida wrote: > In my mind, a <term> element is too vague. For example, I think some > people will use such an element to isolate technical terms, or perhaps > new terms in a document. (So that they can style them differently from > the surrounding text.) (I can think of other uses too.) I think we need a common term for the same behavior: a syntethic term, which can be explained/expansed by a longer expression. The CSS rendering should be achieved with extra class attributes, if really needed. We don't need a too rich markup: html is good because it's simple. For expansions or personalized markup, xml or other sgml languages are ok. > What we're talking about here is specifically something that has a > longer form, so that's why I'm happy with an abbr element name (using > the word 'abbreviation' ((where that last word could be another > application for a <term> tag)) in its non-technical sense). Yes, it's true. But abbr or abbreviation could be tricky, because they mean a not so (not enough) general thing, as I see them. An abbreviation is always proununced as the full word, the acronym isn't. There are some linguistic trickery that can not be solved, perhaps, with abbreviations. So a more general term should be better. The only reason not to do is backward compatibility: and then we should use the same abbr we already have, and without introducing a new 'abbreviation'. In the other case, if we choose to use a new label, it shoul be more general, more abstract. Perhaps not 'term', but more abstract and less problematic, from a linguistic point of view, than abbreviation. I hope I have explained myself... :) best, Maurizio Boscarol http://www.usabile.it ======================================== http://www.ecologiadeisitiweb.it/ Hops Libri - A book to build usable and accessible web sites (in italian). ========================================
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