Use-Cases of this Tutorial
- Know the correct tag for specifying abbreviations in HTML pages
- Know about the HTML Abbreviation element <abbr>
The <abbr> element is the standard markup element used to highlight abbreviated terms in a webpage.
<p><abbr>CSS</abbr> is used to stylize a web page.</p><abbr> can have an optional title attribute which represents the full description of the abbreviation. This title will be shown if the user hovers over the abbreviation.
<p><abbr title="Hyper Text Markup Language">HTML</abbr> is a markup language for web pages.</p>Using standard / semantic markup elements in HTML makes it possible for automated bots and scripts (web crawlers for example) to get a sense of the webpage. The abbreviated term represented by <abbr> can be better understood by bots.