| Title | Acronym with expansion in title attribute |
|---|---|
| Description | A short text with an acronym; the expansion of the acronym is provided in the title attribute of the acronym element. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2004-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-09-01 |
| Status | accepted for end user evaluation |
Technologies are markup languages or data formats. If the technology is a markup language, “features” refers to elements and attributes.
XHTML™ 1.0 The Extensible HyperText Markup Language (Second Edition)
Feature: acronym
(namespace: http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml)
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Technical specification:
Phrase elements: EM, STRONG, DFN, CODE, SAMP, KBD, VAR, CITE, ABBR, and ACRONYM
.
This test case is intended to pass because an expansion of the acronym is available.
End user.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case passes (line 9, column 43) the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-located.
The user can find the expanded forms of abbreviations and/or acronyms.
Some browsers display the content of the title attribute when the mouse pointer hovers over the acronym, but the HTML specification does not require this.
Some screen readers, for example JAWS 6.2, WindowEyes 5.0, and some talking browers, for example Home Page Reader 3.0, can be set to speak the title attribute.