I think it's a clash between microformats VS html AND accessibility
standards.


On Mon, January 19, 2009 12:48 am, Ben Rowe wrote:
> on microformats.org, it suggests the ABBR element and title attribute
> for machine code. however, title attribute for this element will be read
> out to a screen reader user. we are considering having an output of
> <span class="name">human value<span class="value" title="machine
> value"></span></span> however its an empty span. this method of empty
> spans is also suggested on microformats.org to combat accessibility
> issues, but wanted your suggestions / thoughts?
>
> Obviously it is a clash of HTML standards VS accessibility. I've chosen
> the <span> option because I think accessibility is more important.
>
> Ben
>
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