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Re: WCAG 2 draft and abbreviations

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From: Tim Beadle
Date: Aug 24, 2007 11:10AM

On 24/08/07, Alastair Campbell < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:
> In HTML5 terms (*not* trying to stir up Mr Foliot ;), I can't see a
> "use-case" for having both.

What about dfn - another element describing word(s) with a form of expansion?

> I used to just use acronym, due to IE's lack of support. Now I'm leaning
> towards just using abbr, as it has the more general meaning of the two,
> and you can 'fix it' for IE:
> http://juicystudio.com/article/fixing-ie-quotes.php

That's a useful link - thanks.

Tim