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Posted by Spartanicus on 02/14/06 15:12
Marcus Stollsteimer <marcus314@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The basic reason to use most markup is to
>> apply structure and semantics to the content. In that sense
>> abbreviations and acronyms are no different from headings and
>> paragraphs.
>
>so what about <noun>, <verb>, <number>, <palindrome> etc. These would
>also help in clarifying the semantics.
The point I was trying to make is that you shouldn't be to eager to
deviate from the "markup content for what it is" rule of thumb. Having
said that, the real world quality of markup can be improved by deviating
from that rule of thumb in some cases.
I presume that <abbr> and <acronym> are part of HTML4 because at the
time it was thought that they could provide a useful purpose, whereas
<noun>, <verb>, <number> and <palindrome> are afaics either useless or
harmful.
The case for the usefulness of <abbr> and <acronym> is imo at least
rather questionable, and in some cases their use can cause problems in
practice. IIRC "<acronym>HTML</acronym>." is read out as "HTML dot" by
(a) certain speech browser(s), whereas "HTML." is pronounced as "HTML".
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Spartanicus
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