- From: Charles McCathieNevile <charles@w3.org>
- Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2000 17:24:36 -0500 (EST)
- To: Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo <sinarmaya@retemail.es>
- cc: Ann Navarro <ann@webgeek.com>, Kynn Bartlett <kynn-hwg@idyllmtn.com>, "Gregory J. Rosmaita" <unagi69@concentric.net>, WAI Interest Group Emailing List <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Hola folks, Acronym and abbreviation add something very important that is completely lacking in span - information about what kind of information is being marked out (specifically, something that is an abbreviation or an acronym). If the two things are equivalent in HTML then there are a few possiblities. One is to remove one of them, and in this case I would suggest abbr, as the one less supported. A second possibility is to ask the editors of the HTML / XHTML to specify more clearly which is intended for what. A third possiblity is to ask tem to completely revamp that markup, and have it work along the lines of the ruby element proposed from the i18n group, for example, or some other new form. The big question, which has no doubt not been answered to the satisfaction of everybody, is still whether it is important to mark up acronyms and abbreviations as such. And that is a question which I think should be taken to the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines Group. Charles McCN On Sun, 20 Feb 2000, Emmanuelle Gutiérrez y Restrepo wrote: Hi all, An abbreviation and an acronym are not the same thing and they should not made a mistake neither they can be used in the same way in HTML. [etc]
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