Re: Use of ACRONYM

I think that the alternative technology User Agents know the difference between ACRONYM and ABBR, and since 
these assistive technologies are used by the visually impaired, using the correct element should be important, meaning 
ACRONYM should be used for acronyms and ABBR should be used for abbreviations.

As Liz has clearly defined both these terms, I won't reiterate.

Carole

 3/15/02 2:33:14 PM, Liz Bartlett <khyri(at)idyllmtn.com> wrote:

>At 10:57 PM 3/15/02 +0100, you wrote:
>>Hallo John and Gerhard,
>>
>>I  only use <acronym title="???">CITE</acronym> when the abbreviation itself is an existing word as CITE.. 
>>IMO CSS is not an existing word, so I will use <abbr title="Cascading StyleSheets">CSS</abbr> 
>
>Acronyms are formed by using the initial letters of the
>words in a phrase e.g. 
>
>CSS - Cascading Style Sheets
>NASA -  National Aeronautics & Space Administration
>
>Abbreviations are shortened forms of single words e.g.
>
>etc - Etcetera
>bio - Biography
>
>This is the criteria I use when deciding whether to use ABBR or
>ACRONYM, but I doubt it matters as far as browser behaviour
>when the tags are encountered.
>
>--Liz
>
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