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Re: Use of abbr for the scientiifc equivalent of a vernacular name

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From: Steve Green
Date: Apr 30, 2008 7:30AM

The 'title' attribute is not available to many types of users such as those
with text browsers, screen readers, voice recognition, keyboard navigation
and other adaptive technologies.

The Latin name ought to be in the page text at least once.

Steve