[uf-discuss] A further possible solution to the "abbr" accessibility issue

[Sarven Capadisli]

On 2/8/08, Andy Mabbett <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> wrote:
> In message <fcYteaz$XPeHFwEa at pigsonthewing.org.uk>, Andy Mabbett
> <andy at pigsonthewing.org.uk> writes
>
> >Early in December, I made the following suggestion, but in a separate,
> >and unclearly-titled thread.
> >
> >I'm reposting it here, in a new thread, in the hope that it will
> >warrant discussion:
>
> [prefix changed to "data"]
>
> >       <span class="dtstart"
> >             title="data:20070912T16:03:00+01:00">
> >             4.03pm
> >       </span>
>
> A further advantage of this method has just occurred to me; it could use
> plain-language *and* machine values in one title, thus:
>
>         <span class="dtstart"
>                 title="we start at three minutes
>                 past four - data: 2007-09-12T16:03:00+01:00">
>                 4.03pm
>         </span>
>
> and we could even exempt parentheses:
>
>         <span class="dtstart"
>                 title="we start at three minutes
>                 past 4 (data: 2007-09-12T16:03:00+01:00)">
>                 4.03pm
>         </span>
>
> --
> Andy Mabbett


I wonder if this will be heavy for the parsers when both
"plain-language *and* machine values" are mixed i.e., knowing the
scope of the regex to differentiate between the two.

-Sarven