| 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 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-09-01 |
| Status | accepted QA |
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)
.
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.
Check whether an expansion of the acronym is provided.
Accessibility expert.
“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-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-located.
The user can find the expanded form of the acronym.
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.
This test case maps to technique H28: Providing definitions for abbreviations by using the abbr and acronym elements (http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-TECHS-20060427/Overview.html#H28).
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 form of the acronym.
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.