Thread:Extension talk:Lingo/Use of acronym and abbr tags instead of span/reply

In principle I agree, that it would be highly desirable to use. However, this element only supports having exactly one plain-text definition for one term. It is not possible to have several definitions for one term or links or any other html elements inside. is obsolete in html5.

Javascript is only used to position the tooltip. It is absolutely possible to use the extension without Javascript. The only drawback is, that the tooltip will be displayed off-screen if the term is to the very right or bottom of the screen.

Having more then one page of definitions and just transcluding them is difficult. Transcluding means invoking the wiki parser on the page. This however would also translate the semi-colons and colons used to code the terms and definitions into html. IIRC there is a way to produce "expanded" wiki text, but I'll have to investigate that. I'll note it as a feature request.