| Title | Acronym with obscure 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, but the expansion — as opposed to the acronym itself — is not well known. |
| Creator | BenToWeb (Christophe.Strobbe@…) |
| Rights | Copyright BenToWeb 2005-2007 |
| Language | English |
| Date | 2005-09-01 |
| Status | accepted by both validators |
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
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This test case is intended to pass because an expansion of the acronym is available, but many users may be unfamiliar with the expanded form and become confused.
Check whether a correct expansion of the abbreviation is provided.
Accessibility expert.
“Rules” refer to success criteria in WCAG 2.0, checkpoints in WCAG 1.0 and similar requirements.
The test case needs review before it can be established if it passes or fails the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20060427/guidelines.html#meaning-located. The code that causes doubt can be found at line 9, column 39.
The user can find the expanded forms of abbreviations and/or acronyms, but in this case, the expanded form may confuse the user because most people only know the abbreviated form.
See 3.1_l3_sc3_015 for a variation on this test case.
The test case needs review before it can be established if it passes or fails the following success criterion: http://www.w3.org/TR/2006/WD-WCAG20-20050630/#meaning-located. The code that causes doubt can be found at line 9, column 39.
The user can find the expanded forms of abbreviations and/or acronyms, but in this case, the expanded form may confuse the user because most people only know the abbreviated form.
See 3.1_l3_sc3_015 for a variation on this test case.