Re: abbr and acronym

Leandro Guimarães Faria Corcete DUTRA wrote:
>  I use both the abbr and the acronym extensively.  What is the reasoning
> for not retaining acronym in XHTML 2?
> 
>  http://www.smackthemouse.com/20040108#h2-1 says ‘I am not going to
> repeat all the arguments why it is impossible to distinguish between
> ABBR and ACRONYM in any sensible way that is workable for web page
> authors. This discussion is now history.’ without providing any
> reference.

All acronyms are just a subset of abbreviations, so there's no need for 
an extra element.

P
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Received on Saturday, 24 March 2007 17:46:48 UTC