This document is a draft, and is designed to show changes from a previous version. It is presently showing added text, changed text, deleted text, [start]/[end] markers, and Issue Numbers.
Changes are displayed as follows:
HTML and XHTML
This technique relates to:
Most graphical user agents render text enclosed within an abbr
or
acronym
element with a dotted line below or surrounding it. In
addition, when the mouse hovers over the element, the expansion is displayed as a tool
tip.
In Internet Explorer 6 and below, items marked using the abbr
element
are not displayed with any additional formatting nor does the expanded version display
as a tooltip when the mouse hovers over the item. Future versions are expected to
provide these features for the abbr
element.
JAWS 6.2 and WindowEyes 5.0 support the abbr
and acronym
elements.
They can all be set to speak the title attribute when these elements are encountered.
Within a given product the abbr
and acronym
elements are rendered
the same way.
The objective of this technique is to provide expansions or definitions for
abbreviations by using the abbr
and acronym
elements.
It is always appropriate to use the abbr
element for any abbreviation,
including acronyms and initialisms. When using HTML and XHTML,
initialisms and acronyms may be marked up using the acronym
element. XHTML
2.0 proposes eliminating the acronym
element in favor of the more general
abbr
element.
<p>Sugar is commonly sold in 5 <abbr title="pound">lb.<abbr> bags.</p> <p>Welcome to the <abbr title="World Wide Web">WWW</abbr>!</p>
<p>Tasini <abbr title="and others">et al.</abbr> <abbr title="versus">v.</abbr> The New York Times <abbr title="and others">et al.</abbr> is the landmark lawsuit brought by members of the National Writers Union against ......</p>
<p>The use of <acronym title="Keep It Simple Stupid">KISS</acronym> became popular in ...</p>
<p><acronym title="World Wide Web">WWW</acronym></p>
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Check that an expansion or definition is provided for each abbreviation via
abbr
or acronym
.
Check #1 is true.