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<figure>
  <blockquote>
    <p>
      It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.
    </p>
  </blockquote>
  <figcaption>
    First sentence in
    <cite
      ><a href="http://www.george-orwell.org/1984/0.html"
        >Nineteen Eighty-Four</a
      ></cite
    >
    by George Orwell (Part 1, Chapter 1).
  </figcaption>
</figure>
cite {
  /* Add your styles here */
}

Attributes

This element only includes the global attributes.

Usage notes

In the context of the <cite> element, a creative work could be, for example, one of the following:

  • A book
  • A research paper
  • An essay
  • A poem
  • A musical score
  • A song
  • A play or film script
  • A film
  • A television show
  • A game
  • A sculpture
  • A painting
  • A theatrical production
  • A play
  • An opera
  • A musical
  • An exhibition
  • A legal case report
  • A computer program
  • A website
  • A web page
  • A blog post or comment
  • A forum post or comment
  • A tweet
  • A Facebook post
  • A written or oral statement
  • And so forth.

To include a reference to the source of quoted material which is contained within a <blockquote> or <q> element, use the cite attribute on the element.

Typically, browsers style the contents of a <cite> element in italics by default. To avoid this, apply the CSS font-style property to the <cite> element.

Examples

html

<p>More information can be found in <cite>[ISO-0000]</cite>.</p>

Result

Technical summary

Content categories Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content.
Permitted content Phrasing content.
Tag omission None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
Permitted parents Any element that accepts phrasing content.
Implicit ARIA role No corresponding role
Permitted ARIA roles Any
DOM interface HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element.

Specifications

Specification
HTML
# the-cite-element

Browser compatibility

See also

  • The element <blockquote> for long quotations.
  • The element <q> for inline quotations and the cite attribute.

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