HTML Techniques-09
3.1 Emphasis
Checkpoints in this section:
- 3.3 Use style sheets to control layout and presentation.
[Priority 2]
The proper HTML elements should be used to mark up emphasis: EM and STRONG. The B and I elements should not be used;
they are used to create a visual presentation effect. The EM and STRONG
elements were designed to indicate structural emphasis that may be rendered in
a variety of ways (font style changes, speech inflection changes, etc.)
3.2 Acronyms and abbreviations
Checkpoints in this section:
- 4.2 Specify the expansion of each abbreviation or acronym in
a document where it first occurs. [Priority 3]
Mark up abbreviations and acronyms with ABBR and ACRONYM and use "title" to
indicate the expansion:
Example.
<P>Welcome to the <ACRONYM title="World Wide Web">WWW</ACRONYM>!
End example.
This also applies to shortened phrases used as headings for table row or
columns. If a heading is already abbreviated provide the expansion in ABBR. If
a heading is long, you may wish to provide an abbreviation, as described in Data Tables.
Example.
... <TH>First name</TH> <TH><ABBR title="Social Security Number">SS#</ABBR> ...
End example.
