Re: [docbook-tc] Re: RFE 3107140

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> writes:
> Except for <phrase> as in html?

Oh, duh. I meant 'span'.

> So  yes, but change
>  <tag namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>phrase</tag>,
> to
>  <tag namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>acronym</tag>,

HTML5 have removed acronym, so I changed it to 'abbr'.

> Also wary of " commonly presented  as a “tooltip” in visual browsers"
> since that is a visual presentation? Blind users would hear it.
>
> How about "Allows the expansion to be presented appropriately
> to the user"

How's this?

<para>In the context of an <tag>acronym</tag>, the <tag>alt</tag> could
provide the <tag class="attribute">title</tag> attribute for the HTML
<tag namespace="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";>abbr</tag> element allowing
the expansion to be presented appropriately to the user (as a “tooltip”,
for example, or read aloud).</para>

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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