- From: Christian Hujer <Christian@hujer.com>
- Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:29:33 +0200
- To: wai-wcag-editor@w3.org
Hello, I think I have found a _very important_ error in http://www.w3.org/WAI/GL/NOTE-WCAG10-HTML-TECHS-20000915/. In section 3.2, the following example is shown for acronyms and abbreviation: <P>Welcome to the <ACRONYM title="World Wide Web">WWW</ACRONYM>! This is a fatal error! (yes) An acronym can be pronounced, not just spelled, while an abbreviation can only be spelled. Examples for acronyms: Laser GNU Linux UNIX UNO NATO Examples for abbreviations that aren't acronyms: WWW TCP/IP P3P It is important to use correct markup. In <abbr title="GNU is not UNIX">GNU</abbr> GNU will be spelled like "G. N. U." in speech browsers, while <acronym title="GNU is not UNIX">GNU</acronym> will be pronounced like "gnu". So I request to change the example, and add a clearification about the terms acronym and abbreviation. I suggest this new text for section 3.2: 3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations Checkpoints in this section: 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in a document where it first occurs. [Priority 3] Mark up abbreviations and acronyms with <abbr/> and <acronym/> and use their title-attribute to indicate the expansion. Note the difference between abbreviations and acronyms: while abbreviations are just spelled, acronyms can be and usually are pronounced like words, so WWW, P3P, TCP/IP, FSF, XML are abbreviations, NATO, UNO, Laser, GNU, UNIX, Linux are acronyms. Example. <p>Welcome to the <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr> site about <acronym title="Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation">Laser</acronym>!</p> This also applies to shortened phrases used as headings for table row or columns. If a heading is already abbreviated provide the expansion in <abbr/>. If a heading is long, you may wish to provide an abbreviation, as described in Data Tables. Example. ... <th>First name</th> <th><abbr title="Social Security Number">SS#</abbr></th> ... Greetings Christian Hujer
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