[html5] r1478 - /

[whatwg at whatwg.org]

Author: ianh
Date: 2008-04-22 18:42:37 -0700 (Tue, 22 Apr 2008)
New Revision: 1478

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[ac] (0) Allow <abbr> without title=''.

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-04-22 11:11:11 UTC (rev 1477)
+++ index	2008-04-23 01:42:37 UTC (rev 1478)
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
    <h1 id=html-5>HTML 5</h1>
 
-   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=working>Working Draft — 22 April 2008</h2>
+   <h2 class="no-num no-toc" id=working>Working Draft — 23 April 2008</h2>
 
    <p>You can take part in this work. <a
     href="http://www.whatwg.org/mailing-list">Join the working group's
@@ -11227,10 +11227,10 @@
   </dl>
 
   <p>The <code><a href="#abbr">abbr</a></code> element represents an
-   abbreviation or acronym, with its expansion. The <dfn id=title5
-   title=attr-abbr-title><code>title</code></dfn> attribute must be used to
-   provide an expansion of the abbreviation. The attribute must only contain
-   an expansion of the abbreviation.
+   abbreviation or acronym, optionally with its expansion. The <dfn id=title5
+   title=attr-abbr-title><code>title</code></dfn> attribute may be used to
+   provide an expansion of the abbreviation. The attribute, if specified,
+   must contain an expansion of the abbreviation, and nothing else.
 
   <div class=example>
    <p>The paragraph below contains an abbreviation marked up with the
@@ -11262,6 +11262,15 @@
 have much representation from Asia.</p></pre>
   </div>
 
+  <div class=example>
+   <p>This paragraph marks up an abbreviation without giving an expansion,
+    possibly as a hook to apply styles for abbreviations (e.g. smallcaps).</p>
+
+   <pre><p>Philip` and Dashiva both denied that they were going to
+get the issue counts from past revisions of the specification to
+backfill the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> issue graph.</p></pre>
+  </div>
+
   <h4 id=the-time><span class=secno>3.10.10 </span>The <dfn
    id=time><code>time</code></dfn> element</h4>
 

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-04-22 11:11:11 UTC (rev 1477)
+++ source	2008-04-23 01:42:37 UTC (rev 1478)
@@ -9347,10 +9347,11 @@
   </dl>
 
   <p>The <code>abbr</code> element represents an abbreviation or
-  acronym, with its expansion. The <dfn
-  title="attr-abbr-title"><code>title</code></dfn> attribute must be
-  used to provide an expansion of the abbreviation. The attribute must
-  only contain an expansion of the abbreviation.</p>
+  acronym, optionally with its expansion. The <dfn
+  title="attr-abbr-title"><code>title</code></dfn> attribute may be
+  used to provide an expansion of the abbreviation. The attribute, if
+  specified, must contain an expansion of the abbreviation, and
+  nothing else.</p>
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>The paragraph below contains an abbreviation marked up with the
@@ -9379,7 +9380,16 @@
 have much representation from Asia.</p></pre>
   </div>
 
+  <div class="example">
+   <p>This paragraph marks up an abbreviation without giving an
+   expansion, possibly as a hook to apply styles for abbreviations
+   (e.g. smallcaps).</p>
+   <pre><p>Philip` and Dashiva both denied that they were going to
+get the issue counts from past revisions of the specification to
+backfill the <abbr>WHATWG</abbr> issue graph.</p></pre>
+  </div>
 
+
   <h4>The <dfn><code>time</code></dfn> element</h4>
 
   <dl class="element">