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Bug 10956 - If you were to say: The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) ... should you write it as <dfn>The Business Continuity Institute (<abbr title="The Business Continuity Institute">BCI</abbr>)</dfn> or The Business Continuity Institute (<dfn><abbr title="The
Summary: If you were to say: The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) ... should you wr...
Status: RESOLVED NEEDSINFO
Alias: None
Product: HTML WG
Classification: Unclassified
Component: pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P3 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ian 'Hixie' Hickson
QA Contact: HTML WG Bugzilla archive list
URL: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/...
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Reported: 2010-10-01 15:22 UTC by contributor
Modified: 2010-10-12 06:04 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Description contributor 2010-10-01 15:22:24 UTC 
Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-dfn-element

Comment:
If you were to say: The Business Continuity Institute (BCI) ... should you
write it as <dfn>The Business Continuity Institute (<abbr title="The Business
Continuity Institute">BCI</abbr>)</dfn>  or  The Business Continuity Institute
(<dfn><abbr title="The Business Continuity Institute">BCI</abbr></dfn>)?

Posted from: 82.46.85.185
Comment 1 Ian 'Hixie' Hickson 2010-10-12 06:04:41 UTC 
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Status: Did Not Understand Request
Change Description: no spec change
Rationale: Depends on whether you're defining the term (what it is) or just the abbreviation (what it stands for). Is this not clear in the spec already?