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abbr Abbreviation (NISO JATS table model)
An abbreviated version of the cell’s content. This allows visual browsers to use the
short form if space is limited, and non-visual browsers can give a cell’s header information
in an abbreviated form before rendering each cell. (This attribute is based on and
intended to be converted easily to the XHTML abbr attribute.)
Usage/Remarks
As an example: this abbreviated version of the cell’s content may be rendered by
user agents when appropriate in place of the cell’s content. Abbreviated names should be short since user agents may render
them repeatedly. For instance, speech synthesizers may render the abbreviated headers
relating to a particular cell before rendering that cell’s content.
Caution: This attribute has not been widely supported.