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Re: WC3 Example #1 of tagging acronym expansion text yields a yellow warning on the PAC checker.

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From: Laura Roberts
Date: Dec 18, 2023 7:45AM


Just an update. The 2024 PAC checker doesn't give a warning for span tags
with expansion text. One less headache! Thanks everyone for helping.

On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 3:00 PM Laura Roberts < <EMAIL REMOVED> > wrote:

> From WC3 on tagging acronyms:
>
> https://www.w3.org/WAI/WCAG22/Techniques/pdf/PDF8.html#:~:text=In%20a%20tagged%20PDF%20document,create%20a%20new%20Span%20tag
> .
>
> Example #1 of tagging acronym expansion text yields a yellow warning on
> the PAC checker.
> The warning is: Possibly inappropriate of a span structure element.
>
> If you don't use the span tag at all for the word, then the screen readers
> read the expansion text just fine and you get no PAC errors.
>
> Anyone have some insight into this?
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Laura Roberts
> 413-588-8422
>


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Best regards,
Laura Roberts
413-588-8422