<abbrev>

Abbreviation or Acronym

Definition

An abbreviation or acronym used in the text of a document, possibly including an expansion of the acronym

Remarks

The linking attributes (with the standard XLink attributes) may be used to provide a live link to an expansion, definition, or additional explanation.

Conversion Note: Abbreviations, while common in STM books, are rarely tagged in the STM journal world, and will not be present in many journal DTDs. Thus, converted material cannot rely on acronyms and abbreviations being recognized unless special processing is added to recognize them. This element is expected to be quite rarely used.

This element was added explicitly to meet “Checkpoint 4.3 Annotate complex, abbreviated, or unfamiliar information with summaries and definitions” from the W3C Web Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.0 working draft (22 August 2002).

Attributes

content-type Type of Content
id Identifier
xlink:actuate Actuating the Link
xlink:href Href (Linking Mechanism)
xlink:role Role of the Link
xlink:show Showing the Link
xlink:title Title of the Link
xlink:type Type of Link
xmlns:xlink XLink Namespace Declaration

Related Elements

The <def> may be used within an <abbrev> to contain, for example, the expansion of the acronym.

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  abbrev       (#PCDATA %abbrev-elements;)*                 >

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<addr-line> Address Line; <alt-title> Alternate Title; <article-title> Article Title; <attrib> Attribution; <bold> Bold; <citation> Citation; <collab> Collaborative (Group) Author; <comment> Comment in a Citation; <conf-theme> Conference Theme; <contract-sponsor> Contract Sponsor; <def-head> Definition List: Definition Head; <grant-num> Grant Number; <grant-sponsor> Grant Sponsor; <italic> Italic; <meta-name> Metadata Data Name for Custom Metadata; <meta-value> Metadata Data Value for Custom Metadata; <monospace> Monospace Text (Typewriter Text); <named-content> Named Special (Subject) Content; <overline> Overline; <p> Paragraph; <preformat> Preformatted Text; <product> Product Information; <sans-serif> Sans Serif; <sc> Small Caps; <strike> Strike Through; <sub> Subscript; <subtitle> Article Subtitle; <sup> Superscript; <supplement> Supplement Information; <td> Table Data Cell (XHTML table model); <term> Definition List: Term; <term-head> Definition List: Term Head; <th> Table Header Cell (XHTML table model); <title> Title; <trans-subtitle> Translated Subtitle; <trans-title> Translated Title; <underline> Underline; <verse-line> Line of a Verse

Tagged Example


...
<article-meta>
<article-categories>...</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-title>The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and hand 
(<abbrev>DASH</abbrev>) outcome questionnaire: longitudinal 
construct validity and measuring self-rated health change after 
surgery</article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>...</contrib-group>
...
<permissions>
<copyright-statement>&copy;2003 Gummesson et al; licensee BioMed Central 
Ltd.</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2003</copyright-year>
<license license-type="open-access">
<p>This is an Open Access article: verbatim copying ...</p>
</license>
</permissions>
<abstract>
<p><bold>Background:</bold> The disabilities of the arm, shoulder and 
hand (<abbrev>DASH</abbrev>) questionnaire is a self-administered 
region-specific outcome instrument developed as a measure of self-rated 
upper-extremity disability and symptoms. The <abbrev>DASH</abbrev> 
consists mainly of a 30-item disability/symptom scale, scored 0 (no 
disability) to 100. The main purpose of this study was to assess 
the <italic>longitudinal construct validity</italic> of the 
<abbrev>DASH</abbrev> among patients undergoing surgery. The second 
phase purpose was to quantify self-rated <italic>treatment 
effectiveness</italic> after surgery.</p>
...
</abstract>
</article-meta>
...


Module

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