The <abbr> tag is used to show the full name, description, etc of the abbreviated text. This tag is not recognised by IE6, however in IE7 it works.

Where/how To Use The <abbr> Tag

Use in head or body section?	body
Inline or Block level tag?	Inline
HTML Tag Syntax?	<start tag>CONTENT</end tag>
XHTML Tag Syntax?	<start tag>CONTENT</end tag>

Example abbreviation

Code	Output
<abbr>ORG<abbr>	ORG
<abbr title="Organisation">ORG<abbr>	ORG

Hold your mouse over the second example, unless you are using IE6 or another browser that doesn't support abbr. A box will come up with the text: "Organisation".

Notes

• abbr means abbreviation

• Use the title attribute with this tag

• Do not use this tag for acronyms (use the acronym tag)

• There are no differences between XHTML and HTML for this tag

Common attributes for the abbr tag

Javascript Event attributes for the abbr tag