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Bug 242 - <abbr> used in hc_staff not supported by IE
Summary: <abbr> used in hc_staff not supported by IE
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: DOM TS
Classification: Unclassified
Component: DOM Level 1 (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: Other other
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Curt Arnold
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Reported: 2003-06-27 14:00 UTC by Curt Arnold
Modified: 2003-06-28 19:44 UTC (History)
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Patches changing abbr to acronym in HTML compatible L1 and L2 Core tests (57.95 KB, patch)
2003-06-27 14:07 UTC, Curt Arnold 		Details

Description Curt Arnold 2003-06-27 14:00:24 UTC 
hc_staff.html was created by mapping element names in staff.xml to HTML 4.01 
tag names.  <address> was arbitrarily mapped to <abbr> since the content models 
were compatible and the first letter was the same.  Internet Explorer does not 
document support for <abbr>.  Node.firstChild returns null even when there is 
character content which results in a large number of hc_characterdata* tests 
failing for a reason unrelated to the implementation of the CharacterData 
interface.

The attached patch changes all use of <abbr> in the hc_* tests to <acronym> 
which is supported by IE.
Comment 1 Curt Arnold 2003-06-27 14:07:22 UTC 
Created attachment 23 [details]
Patches changing abbr to acronym in HTML compatible L1 and L2 Core tests