On 5/10/07, David Dorward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
(and its another initilism mislabelled as an acronym)
Actually, that's correct usage of acronym, in terms of both HTML syntax and dictionary definition [1]. It just depends on how one thinks of an acronym. Incidentally, it it strikes me as somewhat silly to fuss about whether to use an <acronym> or a <abbr> tag, when the two terms are effectively synonymous, but I'd lean toward always using <abbr>, since it's an umbrella term that can encompass acronyms, alphabetisms, initiliasms, or whatever else you want to call them, as well as terms that are simply being abbreviated. Since the word "acronym" seems to have more use internationally [2], that's one point in favor of <acronym>, but again, if it's covered by <abbr>, why bother? (Other than IE 6, of course--by the way, thanks for that tip, Nick, I'll have to give it a whirl.) 1. http://m-w.com/dictionary/acronym 2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acronym#Nomenclature Dan Dorman ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
