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Foz sent me this tidbit:

Blockquote has an optional attribute: cite="url". Usage would look like this:

<blockquote cite="http://staticred.net/speakeasy">
Blockquote has an additional attribute: cite="url".
</blockquote>


Great thing to have, but it doesn't render in any of the current web browsers. foz does have a point, however, that it would be quite useful for word processors.

Posted by Darren James Harkness on Tuesday, March 12, 2002 11:18 AM
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>> fozbaca » Tuesday, March 12, 2002 02:20 PM

so what was it soposed to do? what was the render soposed to do with the cite?

>> Darren » Tuesday, March 12, 2002 02:27 PM

There are no specific rendering instructions in the Recommendation...

>> fozbaca » Tuesday, March 12, 2002 04:06 PM

Since in most cases there would be no need to display the URI. It would be like using a quote form a book with a cite="in the main campus library/third floor/west wing/row 3/book 10/page 5" which would be correct but would be mentioned in the document like Tollien's Hobbit mentios ....
so no display is really needed, or should happen. though having that information in an easy to parsh format could be valuable. just think if all academic works in a field were like that. see who all references the same quotes and such.

>> Darren » Tuesday, March 12, 2002 04:25 PM

The recommendation almost explicitly states its use is for URLs... head here for more details.


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