- From: Kynn Bartlett <kynn-edapta@idyllmtn.com>
- Date: Mon, 05 Feb 2001 12:50:15 -0800
- To: "Sean B. Palmer" <sean@mysterylights.com>
- Cc: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
At 12:23 PM 2/5/2001 , Sean B. Palmer wrote: >Are there actually any practical (e.g. acessibility) reasons for using ><abbr> instead of <acronym>? As long as people can understand what the >phrase has been shortened from, they can probably work out for themselves >if it is an abbreviation or an acronym. Your last sentence should read: "...if it is an abbreviated form or an initialism." Because the <abbr> tag is for "abbreviated forms" (of all sorts), and the <acronym> tag is for "initialisms." There may be an argument which says that all initialisms should be marked with the appropriate tag for initialisms (<acronym>), but in all honesty I think that's stretching it, and the HTML spec itself gives examples where <abbr> is used for initialisms, and thus it cannot be considered -incorrect- usage. Frankly, it all boils down to "the HTML 4.01 (and XHTML 1.0) spec is broken", so just use <abbr> anyway. --Kynn Kynn Bartlett <kynn@reef.com> Technical Developer Liaison Customer Management/Team Edapta Reef North America Tel +1 909-674-5225 ___________________________________ BUSINESS IS DYNAMIC. TAKE CONTROL. ___________________________________ http://www.reef.com
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