[uf-discuss] "abbr" and accessibility - a work around.

[Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis]

Ben Buchanan wrote:
> I also think calling an empty element "valid HTML" stretches the truth a 
> bit :)

No, that much is entirely true. The problem is the real target is markup 
that conforms to the (X)HTML specifications, not merely markup that 
validates to an (X)HTML DTD or schema:

http://www.w3.org/TR/WAI-WEBCONTENT/#gl-use-w3c

And, of course, validity is only a partial measure of conformance:

http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/sgml/intro.html#h-19.1

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Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis