On Nov 30, 2008, at 18:38, Calogero Alex Baldacchino wrote:

I'm not sure I'm understanding the whole function of the <cite> element,
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Q: What problem does it solve?


The <cite> element solves the problem that if one considers <i> evil (I don't) and one wants to conform to the Chicago Manual of Style and one believes that <em> is semantically wrong for titles of work, without <cite> there wouldn't be an appropriate element for italicizing titles of work per CMoS in a way that doesn't depend on CSS being available.

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Henri Sivonen
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