Precise Expansion Patterns (was: Re: [uf-discuss] Hcalendar in bbc.co.uk/programmes)

Fri Dec 14 15:55:54 PST 2007

On Fri, 2007-12-14 at 23:18 +0000, Martin McEvoy wrote:
> I do NOT however believe that machine data should be displayed in a
> people area such as @title, I think machine data can be stored
> elsewhere
> in a document such as in the <head> in a list of <link>'s or <meta>'s 

No but seriously, with my web designer hat on if you are concerned about
accessibility issues or abuse of the abbr pattern this is something
worth thinking about.

<abbr title="PT3M23S"><span
 title="three minutes twenty three seconds">
3m 23s
</span></abbr>

title distraction.

I don't think there is any abuse of the abbr design pattern in the above
example and it keeps machine data out of peoples faces.

Thanks

Martin 