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Acronym

Name

Acronym -- Pronounceable contraction of initials

Content Model

  ((#PCDATA | Acronym | Emphasis | Trademark | Link | OLink
  | ULink | Anchor | Comment | Subscript | Superscript
  | InlineGraphic)+)
  -(Acronym)

Exclusions

Acronym excludes these elements at every level:

  Acronym

Attributes

This element has common and Role attributes.

Tag Minimization

Both the start- and end-tags are required for this element.

Description

A contraction of initials, often pronounceable as a word and usually printed in all caps or small caps. It contains plain text and has common attributes.

Parents

These elements contain Acronym: Abbrev, Application, Attribution, BiblioMisc, BridgeHead, Citation, CiteTitle, Comment, Emphasis, FirstTerm, ForeignPhrase, GlossEntry, GlossSee, GlossSeeAlso, GlossTerm, LineAnnotation, Link, LiteralLayout, LoTentry, ManVolNum, Member, MsgAud, OLink, Para, Phrase, Primary, PrimaryIE, ProductName, ProgramListing, Quote, RefEntryTitle, RefPurpose, Screen, ScreenInfo, Secondary, SecondaryIE, See, SeeAlso, SeeAlsoIE, SeeIE, Seg, SegTitle, SimPara, Subtitle, Synopsis, SystemItem, Term, Tertiary, TertiaryIE, Title, TitleAbbrev, ToCback, ToCentry, ToCfront, ULink, WordAsWord, entry.

Children

Acronym contains these elements: Anchor, Comment, Emphasis, InlineGraphic, Link, OLink, #PCDATA, Subscript, Superscript, Trademark, ULink.

In some contexts, some of these elements may be invalid due to exclusions in parent elements.

Examples

<PARA>
<ACRONYM>NASA</ACRONYM> is an acronym for the 
National Aeronautics and Space Administration formed
from the first letters of the major words in that name.
Acronyms may be formed from syllables, too, such
as <ACRONYM>CINCPAC</ACRONYM> or <ACRONYM>SatCom</ACRONYM>
Sometimes it is hard to distinguish acronyms from
abbreviations, such as <ABBREV>UCLA</ABBREV>
and <ABBREV>U.C.L.A.</ABBREV>.  
(<FOREIGNPHRASE><ABBREV>Cf</ABBREV></FOREIGNPHRASE>
<ACRONYM>DNS</ACRONYM>.)  In general, you cannot count on 
regular use of periods in abbreviations.
</PARA>
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