The <ACRONYM> element defines that the enclosed text is an acronym. It is ideally targeted at speech synthesis and other non-visual web browsers, so may not render visually on all browsers.
<ACRONYM
TITLE=text
LANG=language
LANGUAGE=JAVASCRIPT | JSCRIPT | VBSCRIPT | VBS
CLASS=Style Sheet class name
STYLE=styling
ID=value
event = script
>
Parameter |
Description |
TITLE |
The TITLE attribute is for advisory information (unless used with a mailto: attribute). The Title attribute should provide the title of the document whose address is given by the HREF attribute. The contents of the title attribute will be displayed in a tooltip during the mouse moves on the link. Internet Explorer 4.0 (and above) is the only browser to implement this. |
LANG |
Specifies which language to use in ISO standard language abbreviation form. |
LANGUAGE |
Specifies the language the current script is written in and invokes the
proper scripting engine. The default value is JAVASCRIPT. |
CLASS |
Class of the tag being defined. This is used to associate a subclassed style sheet with the tag. |
STYLE |
Inline style sheet for the tag. |
ID |
SGML identifier used as the target for hypertext links or for naming particular elements in associated style sheets. Valid ID values must begin with a letter. The underscore character, "_", may be used in the ID name. The ID should be unique throughout the scope of the document. If more than one object with the same identifier exists in a document, a collection of those named items is created that can only be referenced by ordinal position. |
event |
Can be one or more of these events: |
Currently only supported by Internet Explorer 4.0+.
<ACRONYM TITLE="Federal Bureau of Investigation">FBI</ACRONYM>
The code will be rendered as: FBI
Both the start and end tags are required. This tag does not affect how text appears in the browser.
ADDRESS, CITE, DFN, EM, STRONG