Posted by Jonathan N. Little on 02/13/06 20:31

Marcus Stollsteimer wrote:

> Jonathan N. Little wrote:
>
>
>>Marcus Stollsteimer wrote:
>>
>>>Hi group,
>>>
>>>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.
>>
>>Because they are not the same, some abbreviations can be acronyms
>>but not all abbreviations are acronyms.
>
>
> 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?
>

You asked what the difference was, I told you. If you want to use <abbr>
for all, so be it, if you want to be more specific for your acronyms
then use <acronym> [shrugs] One note though, you of course know that
Billy's IE doesn't recognize the <abbr> element...

With respect to #1, sure no one is preventing you from putting a
definition with your text, or better yet, make it a link to a glossary page!

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Take care,

Jonathan
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