Re: abbreviation title within a link: howto?

Joe Clark <joeclark@joeclark.org> wrote:

"I cannot imagine how this approach is in any way helpful. One
suspects that every reader of your page will know what "LD" means ... I use 
<abbr> and <acronym> myself, with stylesheets to make them
overt. I just don't expect them to be very useful."


Marking up abbreviations can be very helpful in ensuring adequate 
representation of keywords in site searches.  Consider a search for "World 
Wide Web" versus a search for "www" - both are contextually very different, 
and will yield unique results.  Increasing the relevance of search results 
is a keystone of accessibility in my opinion.

Further, users with cognitive disabilities such as memory loss, and 
attention disorders could receive benefit from abbreviation markup if their 
browser/agent supports tool-tips for them.

Cheers,

JRB

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Received on Tuesday, 21 May 2002 22:38:20 UTC