- From: Johannes Koch <koch@w3development.de>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2006 09:50:00 +0200
- To: w3c-wai-gl@w3.org
Gez Lemon wrote:
> Acronyms are like initialisms,
> except they can be pronounced as a word. Can we add, "pronounced as a
> word" to the end? Otherwise, can we follow Jason's advice and remove
> the definition from the glossary, as it's not essential to understand
> the difference for accessibility?
>
> acronym: An abbreviation made from the initial letters or parts of a
> name or phrase that contains several words, pronounced as a word.
AFAIK, the definition of what is an acronym depends on the language.
There has been lots of discussion on this e.g. on the www-html list. And
as you probably know, the current XHTML 2.0 draft does not have an
acronym element any more.
--
Johannes Koch
In te domine speravi; non confundar in aeternum.
(Te Deum, 4th cent.)
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