- From: iris <iristopa@excite.com>
- Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 08:45:01 -0800 (PST)
- To: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
hi everyone background: i convert a lot of academic research reports and similar documents into html, which contain tons of abbreviations and acronyms, many of which occur repeatedly on the same page. request for advice/opinion: would it be enough to enclose the first occurrence of an acronym in the appropriate tag, e.g. <acronym title="Manchester Metropolitan University">MMU</acronym> and leave the other occurrences of MMU on the same page without the mark-up, or is it best to do this for every time the acronym occurs. additional question: and while we're on the subject, there seems to be confusion over which is which. my understanding is that an acronym is something like WWW, where the first letter of each word is used, while a shortening of a word (e.g. etc. from etcetera) is an abbreviation. but even the wai guidelines have WWW listed as an abbreviation. ??? thanks iris _____________________ omnia mea mecum porto biz:http://www.jarmin.com/ fun:http://www.transtribal.org/ _______________________________ _______________________________________________________ http://inbox.excite.com
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