[thelist] Acronym and abbr tags
tim
tim at hyperlinkage.com
Sun Jan 28 14:38:09 CST 2007
Austin Harris wrote:
> I was just wondering if it is neccessary to repeat the use of the
> acronym tag if the acronym is used more than once on the page?
>
> IE I have the term NCB used several times.
First, NCB is an abbreviation, not an acronym.
Second, it's always a good idea to enclose these letters in the
appropriate tag, even if you don't give it the title attribute each
time. Use the DFN element around the first instance on the page, and
allow the screen reading software to do the rest.
Tim
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