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At 2008-08-24 08:13 -0400, Costello, Roger L. wrote: >Is "XML" an abbreviation or an acronym? > >In an XHTML document, should "XML" be marked up like this: > > <abbr title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</abbr> > >or like this: > > <acronym title="Extensible Markup Language">XML</acronym> I always understood the rule that an acronym is an abbreviation that can be sounded out as if it were a word ... so I would call this an abbreviation. I hope this helps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ken -- Upcoming XSLT/XSL-FO hands-on courses: Wellington, NZ 2009-01 Training tools: Comprehensive interactive XSLT/XPath 1.0/2.0 video G. Ken Holman mailto:gkholman@C... Crane Softwrights Ltd. http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/x/ Male Cancer Awareness Nov'07 http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/x/bc Legal business disclaimers: http://www.CraneSoftwrights.com/legal
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