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Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/13/06 21:57
Marcus Stollsteimer wrote:
> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
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>>Marcus Stollsteimer wrote:
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>>>Jonathan N. Little wrote:
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>>>>Marcus Stollsteimer wrote:
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>>>>>Hi group,
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>>>>>I am wondering:
>>>>>
>>>>>1. how should these elements be best used (and what is a good
>>>>>reason for using them in the first place)? When the meaning of the
>>>>>abbreviation is not clear, it should be explained in the _text_,
>>>>>not in the title attribute, shouldn't it?
>>>>>
>>>>>2. what is the difference between them (or: why not always use
>>>>><abbr>)?
>>>>>
>>>>>I would appreciate some hints regarding these questions.
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>>>>Because they are not the same, some abbreviations can be acronyms
>>>>but not all abbreviations are acronyms.
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>>>Thanks for the reply, but I am not that ignorant...
>>>
>>>The point is: all acronyms are abbreviations.
>>>
>>>So: what's the use of the <acronym> element?
>>>Why not just always use <abbr>? Is it for some reason
>>>important to know that some abbreviation is an acronym?
>>>
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>>You asked what the difference was, I told you.
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> of course I meant the difference of the HTML elements
1. twice the number of letters
2. 2 B's or C,O,N,Y, & M!
;-)
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Jonathan
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