- From: Jason Ramsay-Brown <jramsaybro@hotmail.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 22:37:48 -0400
- To: joeclark@joeclark.org
- Cc: w3c-wai-ig@w3.org
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 _________________________________________________________________ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx
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