Hi Joshua Cite can be an attribute of a Blockquote or q tag. However, it is the uri of the referenced quote. <Blockquote cite="http://www.libraryofcongress.gov/constitution";> We the people... </Blockquote>
It will not appear visually unless you use css to add the uri to the block quotes presentation. However, if you right-click on the Blockquote and view properties, you will see the reference link. I would assume the cite could also include other references, such as "Vault 14, stack 5, isbn:..... pg. 3, ..." but I can't say for certain. Does anyone know better? Cite as a tag gives more semantic value to the provider of information. <Blockquote> We the people... <cite>Thomas Jefferson</cite> <Blockquote> Apologies if I got the name wrong, I didn't look it up to see if TJ wrote the constitution and I need more coffee to think straight this morning. Ted www.tdrake.net -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Joshua Street Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 8:02 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Use of cite WAS: Re: [WSG] Homepage Review: webnetdesignstudios.com On Mon, 2005-10-03 at 12:39 +1000, Lea de Groot wrote: > I would give strong consideration to: > <p class="testimonialname"><cite>Joe Coyle,</cite> President</p> > .testimonialname cite {font-weight:bold} > > and think about working a q element into the actual quote-paragraph. This immediately seems to make sense, but I'm left wondering one thing. With forms, we are encouraged to make use of the for attribute on label elements, in order to make the relationship between elements clear. Can a similar practise apply to cite and q? With blockquote elements we have the cite attribute, but that is different again and can only be used for href data. So... is there any way to define this relationship? Or is it just order-of-content and hoping it makes sense? What if you were to put the cite after the quote for whatever reason (style guide convention, etc)? Kind Regards, Joshua Street base10solutions Website: http://www.base10solutions.com.au/ Phone: (02) 9898-0060 Fax: (02) 8572-6021 Mobile: 0425 808 469 Multimedia Development Agency ________________________________________________________________________ E-mails and any attachments sent from base10solutions are to be regarded as confidential. Please do not distribute or publish any of the contents of this e-mail without the sender's consent. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to the e-mail, and then delete the message without making copies or using it in any way. Although base10solutions takes precautions to ensure that e-mail sent from our accounts are free of viruses, we encourage recipients to undertake their own virus scan on each e-mail before opening, as base10solutions accepts no responsibility for loss or damage caused by the contents of this e-mail. ________________________________________________________________________ ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
