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--- source	(revision 2933)
+++ source	(revision 2934)
@@ -8042,6 +8042,19 @@
   multiple lines. Each U+000A LINE FEED (LF) character represents a
   line break.</p>
 
+  <div class="example">
+
+   <p>Caution is advised with respect to the use of newlines in <code
+   title="attr-title">title</code> attributes.</p>
+
+   <p>For instance, the following snippet actually defines an
+   abbreviation's expansion <em>with a line break in it</em>:</p>
+
+   <pre class="bad">&lt;p>My logs show that there was some interest in &lt;abbr title="Hypertext
+Transport Protocol">HTTP&lt;/abbr> today.&lt;/p></pre>
+
+  </div>
+
   <p>Some elements, such as <code>link</code>, <code>abbr</code>, and
   <code>input</code>, define additional semantics for the <code
   title="attr-title">title</code> attribute beyond the semantics
@@ -8058,6 +8071,7 @@
   </div>
 
 
+
   <h5>The <dfn title="attr-lang"><code>lang</code></dfn> and <dfn
   title="attr-xml-lang"><code>xml:lang</code></dfn>
   attributes</h5>
@@ -15442,33 +15456,36 @@
    <code>abbr</code> element. This paragraph <span title="defining
    term">defines the term</span> "Web Hypertext Application Technology
    Working Group".</p>
-   <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;dfn id=whatwg>&lt;abbr title="Web Hypertext Application
-Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>&lt;/dfn> is a loose
-unofficial collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and interested
-parties who wish to develop new technologies designed to allow authors
-to write and deploy Applications over the World Wide Web.&lt;/p></pre>
+   <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;dfn id=whatwg>&lt;abbr
+title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>&lt;/dfn>
+is a loose unofficial collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and
+interested parties who wish to develop new technologies designed to
+allow authors to write and deploy Applications over the World Wide
+Web.&lt;/p></pre>
    <p>An alternative way to write this would be:</p>
    <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;dfn id=whatwg>Web Hypertext Application Technology
-Working Group&lt;/dfn> (&lt;abbr title="Web Hypertext Application
-Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>) is a loose unofficial
-collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and interested parties who
-wish to develop new technologies designed to allow authors to write
-and deploy Applications over the World Wide Web.&lt;/p></pre>
+Working Group&lt;/dfn> (&lt;abbr
+title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>)
+is a loose unofficial collaboration of Web browser manufacturers and
+interested parties who wish to develop new technologies designed to
+allow authors to write and deploy Applications over the World Wide
+Web.&lt;/p></pre>
   </div>
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>This paragraph has two abbreviations. Notice how only one is
    defined; the other, with no expansion associated with it, does not
    use the <code>abbr</code> element.</p>
-   <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;abbr title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working
-Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr> started working on HTML5 in 2004.&lt;/p></pre>
+   <pre>&lt;p>The
+&lt;abbr title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>
+started working on HTML5 in 2004.&lt;/p></pre>
   </div>
 
   <div class="example">
    <p>This paragraph links an abbreviation to its definition.</p>
-   <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;a href="#whatwg">&lt;abbr title="Web Hypertext Application
-Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>&lt;/a> community does not
-have much representation from Asia.&lt;/p></pre>
+   <pre>&lt;p>The &lt;a href="#whatwg">&lt;abbr
+title="Web Hypertext Application Technology Working Group">WHATWG&lt;/abbr>&lt;/a>
+community does not have much representation from Asia.&lt;/p></pre>
   </div>
 
   <div class="example">

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