> [...] abbr title="By the way">BTW</abbr>, I wonder how the linguists
> feel about making acronym and abbreviation synonymous?

Absolutely agreed. Btw, several months ago I proposed at least a more
generic solution [1], either by adding a <term /> element or by replacing <abbr />
and <acronym /> by <explanation /> to offer a single element which is
semantically sufficient for abbreviations, acronyms, as well as technical terms
(which <abbr /> obviously is not, since it per se doesn't even match acronyms).

If the current solution is challenged by the WAI WG, what about this
suggestion?


All the best,
 Jens.


[1] http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/2003Jul/0009.html 


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