Template:Abbr

This template allows to add a description for an abbreviation in form of a tooltip (HTML title tag).

Usage: {{abbr|abbreviated text|explanation}}

Example: {{abbr|abbr.|abbreviation}} → abbr.

There are also some default abbreviations that get automatically explained (see list below):

{{abbr|HTML}}

HTML

Parameters

|1= 

mandatory: the actual abbreviation to be shown

|2= 

optional or mandatory: the explanation of the abbreviation (i.e. the hidden HTML title that gets shown on mouse over; default explanations see in the list of default abbreviations)

|3= 

lang attribute

List of Default Abbreviations

BGBM

Botanical Garden and Museum Berlin (Berlin, Germany)

BGM

Agentschap Plantentuin Meise (Meise, Belgium)

CETAF

Consortium of European Taxonomic Facilities

CSIC

Agencia Estatal Consejo Superior De Investigaciones Cientificas (Madrid, Spain)

HTML

Hypertext Markup Language

HTTP

Hypertext Transfer Protocol

HUH

Harvard University Herbaria

HUJI

The Hebrew University Of Jerusalem (Jerusalem, Israel)

ID

Identifier

ISTC

Information Science & Technology committee

LOD

Linked Open Data

LUOMUS

Luonnontieteellinen keskusmuseo (Finnish Museum of Natural History; Helsinki, Finland)

MNHN

Museum National D'Histoire Naturelle (Paris, France)

MfN

Museum für Naturkunde (Natural History Museum; Berlin, Germany)

NHM

Natural History Museum (London, United Kingdom)

NHMW

Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (Vienna, Austria)

NRM

Naturhistoriska Riksmuseet (Stockholm, Sweden)

RBGE

Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (Edinburgh, United Kingdom)

RBGK

Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (Kew, United Kingdom)

RBINS

Institut Royal Des Sciences Naturelles De Belgique (Brussels, Belgium)

RDF

Resource Description Framework

RMCA

Musee Royal De L'Afrique Centrale (Tervuren, Belgium)

SGN

Senckenberg Gesellschaft für Naturforschung (Senckenberg Society for Natural Sciences; Frankfurt, Germany)

SMNS

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart (State Museum of Natural History Stuttgart; Germany)

SNSB

Staatliche Naturwissenschaftliche Sammlungen Bayerns (Bavarian Natural History Collections; Munich, Germany)

SPARQL

SPARQL Protocol and RDF Query Language

URI

Uniform Resource Identifier

URIs

Uniform Resource Identifiers

ZFMK

Zoologisches Forschungsmuseum Alexander Koenig (Bonn, Germany)