- From: David Poehlman <poehlman1@home.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 16:23:21 -0500
- To: "Bill Kules" <wmk@takoma-software.com>, "WAI Mailing List" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
bill, there is much predictability in this. Abrevs are usually found in documents but even when found in tabular situations, it is not too hard to figure which will show up first. Let's say for instance we have a site where the abreviation for the entity to be represented appears on every page. If the tags are used correctly and supported, the result will be correct behaviour. the logical place in this instance would be to expande the abreviation on the first page. I've not seen a site that provides abreviation instances out of order. An example would be helpful. Thanks! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bill Kules" <wmk@takoma-software.com> To: "WAI Mailing List" <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org> Sent: December 20, 2000 3:54 PM Subject: Question on abbreviations Re: checkpoint 4.2, "Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a document where it first occurs." Since many HTML documents are not designed to be read linearly, what is the definition of the first occurence in that case? Is there consensus on this? (Based on postings I've seen, it seems unlikely.) Bill -- Bill Kules, President Takoma Software, Inc. (301) 891-7271 voice Takoma Park, MD (301) 891-7273 fax http://www.takoma-software.com (240) 460-7376 cellphone/pager wmk@takoma-software.com
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