On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 9:40 PM, Jamie Rumbelow <ja...@jamierumbelow.net> wrote: > > Is there a need for a tag in HTML5 to specify extracted content > semantically, such as the first few paragraphs of a blog post. The <extract> > tag could optionally contain a href attribute to the full version of the > content. > > Just a quick idea, and I wanted some community thought on it.
For the use-case you suggest (an extract from a blog), it seems that <cite> (containing the title of the post, linked to the blog) and <blockquote> would be a perfect match; maybe adding a class="extract" to the <blockquote> element for better accuracy. Greetings, Eduard Pascual