RE: Acronyms vs Abbreviations - was: New tool on Accessify - Acronym Generator from Jon Hanna on 2003-04-23 (w3c-wai-ig@w3.org from April to June 2003)

From: Jon Hanna <jon@spin.ie>
Date: Wed, 23 Apr 2003 12:27:02 +0100
To: <w3c-wai-ig@w3.org>
Message-ID: <NDBBLCBLIMDOPKMOPHLHKEBLFBAA.jon@spin.ie>

> So, I ask, What is the difference in the end result o using either bit of
> mark up and if none that is sugnificant, since the objective is to get the
> long form of either out, why not reduce it to one tag and call it
> <shortform>?

Or indeed just use <abbr> since there is no acronym that isn't also an
abbreviation.

Received on Wednesday, 23 April 2003 07:21:58 UTC