A LIST Apart: For People Who Make Websites

No. 302

Authors: L: Colin Lieberman

Colin Lieberman

Colin Lieberman is the System Administrator and Webmaster at Disability Rights Advocates, a non-profit civil rights law firm in his hometown of Berkeley, California. He has personal and professional interests in web standards and assistive technology.

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The Accessibility Hat Trick: Getting Abbreviations Right

Issue 210January 16, 2006

The acronym element is missing in XHTML 2.0. Internet Explorer 6 ignores the abbr element. JAWS doesn't like dfn. AAA-level compliance requires you to find a solution. Make it work.