Re: Use of ACRONYM

Hallo John and Gerhard,

I  only use <acronym title=3D"???">CITE</acronym> when the abbreviation =
itself is an existing word as CITE..=20
IMO CSS is not an existing word, so I will use <abbr title=3D"Cascading =
StyleSheets">CSS</abbr>=20

Greetings
Ineke van der Maat

----- Original Message -----=20
From: "Gerhard Schoening" <g.sch(at)onlinehome.de>
To: "John Brandt" <jbrandt04330(at)earthlink.net>
Cc: <aware-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Friday, March 15, 2002 10:19 PM
Subject: Re: Use of ACRONYM


> Hello John,
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> On Friday, March 15, 2002 at 21:27 you wrote:
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> > I maintain a website for an organization that uses its acronym for =
its
> > name - Maine CITE. I am wondering if I need to add the <ACRONYM> =
</ACRONYM>
> > tags to all references in our website....a daunting task I might =
add.
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> > I don't see this addressed in Section 508 standards, and Bobby has =
not
> > caught it as a problem - likely because CITE is also a word.
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> > Is our site accessible without this tag?
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> > Suggestions, comments please. Also, please provide the correct =
coding
> > method...Should it be "...Maine <ACRONYM>CITE</ACRONYM>....?"
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> > jeb
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> > John E. Brandt
> > Augusta, ME 04330
> > for www.mainecite.org
> > jbrandt04330(at)earthlink.net
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> Use of the acronym tag:
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> I'm using <.acronym title=3D"Cascading
> Style Sheets">CSS<./acronym>.

 [Drop the dots in your code!]
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 Best regards,
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Gerhard
> http://www.cp-web.com
> gerhard(at)cp-web.com
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> http://www.schoening-online.com
> gerhard(at)schoening-online.com

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