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<abbr>
The <abbr> element represents an abbreviation or acronym.
Point
- If the title attribute is specified, it must contain an expansion of the abbreviation, and nothing else.
- Abbreviations for which the author wants to give expansions, where using the abbr element with a title attribute is an alternative to including the expansion inline.
- Abbreviations that are likely to be unfamiliar to the document's readers, for which authors are encouraged to either mark up the abbreviation using a abbr element with a title attribute or include the expansion inline in the text the first time the abbreviation is used.
HTML Attributes
See global attributes.
Examples
Example A
[try it]
<p>The <abbr title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</abbr> is the publishing language of the World Wide Web.</p>
Example B
An alternative way to write this would be [try it]:
<p> The <dfn id="HTML">Hyper Text Markup Language</dfn> (<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>) is the publishing language of the World Wide Web. </p>
Example C
This paragraph links an abbreviation to its definition [try it]:
<p> The <dfn id="HTML">Hyper Text Markup Language</dfn> (<abbr title="HyperText Markup Language">HTML</abbr>) is the publishing language of the World Wide Web. </p> <p>The first version of <a href="#HTML"><abbr title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</abbr></a> was described by Tim Berners-Lee in late 1991.</p>
HTML Reference
The HTML5 specification defines the <abbr> element in 4.6.9 The abbr element.