the abbr and acronym elements have extra value in the fact that a screen reader will say out each letter opposed to trying to pronounce the word.
so I would recommend if you have control over the content that use use them every time you need (the title doesn't have to be used each time though) ----- Original Message ---- From: John Faulds <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Sent: Wednesday, 9 January, 2008 4:54:22 AM Subject: Re: [WSG] Acronym element > e.g. "Web Standards Group (WSG)" the "WSG" wouldn't benefit from the > <acronym> element. No, I believe you only then need to use the acronym or abbr tag for the first instance of it following where it appears in brackets on any one page (ie at the start of a new page, you'd expand the acronym/abbreviation again). -- Regards John ------------------- Tyssen Design www.tyssendesign.com.au Ph: (07) 3300 3303 Mb: 0405 678 590 ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* __________________________________________________________ Sent from Yahoo! Mail - a smarter inbox http://uk.mail.yahoo.com ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
