ACRONYM encloses word formed from letters in a phrase 4.01 Transitional

ACRONYM

Purpose

encloses word formed from letters in a phrase

Description

This element encloses a word that is formed from the initial letter or letters of each of the successive parts or major parts of a compound term. For example, radar or snafu are acronyms. Remember: acronyms are words that have entered a human language (and thus, what constitutes an acronym is language-dependent). The abbreviations HTTP and WWW are not acronyms because they are not words. These are abbreviations for Hypertext Transfer Protocol and World Wide Web, respectively. Use the ABBR element for abbreviations. Some abbreviations become acronyms--for example, NATO for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Start tag

Required <ACRONYM>

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
class	CDATA	#IMPLIED	space-separated list of classes
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text
id	ID	#IMPLIED	document-wide unique id
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766
onclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was clicked
ondblclick	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was double clicked
onkeydown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed down
onkeypress	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was pressed and released
onkeyup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a key was released
onmousedown	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was pressed down
onmousemove	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved within
onmouseout	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved away
onmouseover	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer was moved onto
onmouseup	CDATA	#IMPLIED	script expression; a pointer button was released
style	CDATA	#IMPLIED	style sheet data; associated style info
title	CDATA	#IMPLIED	text; advisory title

Content

( #PCDATA | TT | I | B | U | S | STRIKE | BIG | SMALL | EM | STRONG | DFN | CODE | SAMP | KBD | VAR | CITE | ABBR | ACRONYM | A | IMG | APPLET | OBJECT | FONT | BASEFONT | BR | SCRIPT | MAP | Q | SUB | SUP | SPAN | BDO | INPUT | SELECT | TEXTAREA | LABEL | BUTTON )*

End tag

Required </ACRONYM>

Referenced in

A ABBR ACRONYM ADDRESS APPLET B BDO BIG BLOCKQUOTE BODY BUTTON CAPTION CENTER CITE CODE DD DEL DFN DIV DT EM FIELDSET FONT FORM H1 H2 H3 H4 H5 H6 I INS KBD LABEL LEGEND LI NOSCRIPT OBJECT P PRE Q S SAMP SMALL SPAN STRIKE STRONG SUB SUP TD TH TT U VAR

Example

Source	Appearance
The Navy demonstrated the <ACRONYM>radar</ACRONYM> to members of the <ACRONYM>WAVES</ACRONYM>, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. <P>Some abbreviations become acronyms: <ACRONYM><ABBR>NATO</ABBR></ACRONYM> for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.	The Navy demonstrated the radar to members of the WAVES, Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service. Some abbreviations become acronyms: NATO for North Atlantic Treaty Organization.