Abbreviation

End Tag: Required
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What is it?
Attributes
Tag Example
Parent/Content Model
Tips & Tricks
Browser Peculiarities
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What is it?
This element marks its contents as an abbreviated phrase or acronym. While knowing this information may not be implicitly important in the display of the content, it can assist in speech synthesis, spell-checking, and other document management scenarios. The use of the TITLE attribute is suggested for indicating the expanded form of the abbreviation.

Common Attributes
%Core%
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%Events%
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%Language%
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Example
<abbr TITLE="World Wide Web Consortium">W3C</abbr>
Parent Model
%In-line Parent% | %Block Parent%
Content Model
%In-line Content%
Tips & Tricks Browser Peculiarities
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