[html5] r6988 - [ac] (0) More conformance requirements for <blockquote> since people keep asking [...]

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Sat Feb 11 10:42:57 PST 2012


Author: ianh
Date: 2012-02-11 10:42:56 -0800 (Sat, 11 Feb 2012)
New Revision: 6988

Modified:
   complete.html
   index
   source
Log:
[ac] (0) More conformance requirements for <blockquote> since people keep asking.
Affected topics: HTML

Modified: complete.html
===================================================================
--- complete.html	2012-02-10 00:29:14 UTC (rev 6987)
+++ complete.html	2012-02-11 18:42:56 UTC (rev 6988)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 10 February 2012</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 11 February 2012</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -19522,6 +19522,45 @@
   citation link, the value of the attribute must be <a href=#resolve-a-url title="resolve a url">resolved</a> relative to the element. User
   agents should allow users to follow such citation links.</span></p>
 
+  <p>The content of a <code><a href=#the-blockquote-element>blockquote</a></code> may be abbreviated or
+  may have context added in the conventional manner for the text's
+  language.</p>
+
+  <div class=example>
+
+   <p>For example, in English this is traditionally done using square
+   brackets. Consider a page with the sentence "Fred ate the cracker.
+   He then said he liked apples and fish."; it could be quoted as
+   follows:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>[Fred] then said he liked [...] fish.</p>
+</blockquote></pre>
+
+  </div>
+
+  <p>Attribution for the quotation, if any, must be placed outside the
+  <code><a href=#the-blockquote-element>blockquote</a></code> element.</p> <!-- Eventually someone is
+  going to ask about quotes that are self-attributing, e.g. someone
+  quoting an e-mail with full headers... -->
+
+  <div class=example>
+
+   <p>For example, here the attribution is given in a paragraph after
+   the quote:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer
+ god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
+ possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>— Stephen Roberts</p></pre>
+
+   <p>The other examples below show other ways of showing
+   attribution.</p>
+
+  </div>
+
   <div class=impl>
 
   <p>The <dfn id=dom-quote-cite title=dom-quote-cite><code>cite</code></dfn> IDL

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2012-02-10 00:29:14 UTC (rev 6987)
+++ index	2012-02-11 18:42:56 UTC (rev 6988)
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@
 
   <header class=head id=head><p><a class=logo href=http://www.whatwg.org/><img alt=WHATWG height=101 src=/images/logo width=101></a></p>
    <hgroup><h1 class=allcaps>HTML</h1>
-    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 10 February 2012</h2>
+    <h2 class="no-num no-toc">Living Standard — Last Updated 11 February 2012</h2>
    </hgroup><dl><dt><strong>Web developer edition:</strong></dt>
     <dd><strong><a href=http://developers.whatwg.org/>http://developers.whatwg.org/</a></strong></dd>
     <dt>Multiple-page version:</dt>
@@ -19522,6 +19522,45 @@
   citation link, the value of the attribute must be <a href=#resolve-a-url title="resolve a url">resolved</a> relative to the element. User
   agents should allow users to follow such citation links.</span></p>
 
+  <p>The content of a <code><a href=#the-blockquote-element>blockquote</a></code> may be abbreviated or
+  may have context added in the conventional manner for the text's
+  language.</p>
+
+  <div class=example>
+
+   <p>For example, in English this is traditionally done using square
+   brackets. Consider a page with the sentence "Fred ate the cracker.
+   He then said he liked apples and fish."; it could be quoted as
+   follows:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>[Fred] then said he liked [...] fish.</p>
+</blockquote></pre>
+
+  </div>
+
+  <p>Attribution for the quotation, if any, must be placed outside the
+  <code><a href=#the-blockquote-element>blockquote</a></code> element.</p> <!-- Eventually someone is
+  going to ask about quotes that are self-attributing, e.g. someone
+  quoting an e-mail with full headers... -->
+
+  <div class=example>
+
+   <p>For example, here the attribution is given in a paragraph after
+   the quote:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer
+ god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
+ possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>— Stephen Roberts</p></pre>
+
+   <p>The other examples below show other ways of showing
+   attribution.</p>
+
+  </div>
+
   <div class=impl>
 
   <p>The <dfn id=dom-quote-cite title=dom-quote-cite><code>cite</code></dfn> IDL

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2012-02-10 00:29:14 UTC (rev 6987)
+++ source	2012-02-11 18:42:56 UTC (rev 6988)
@@ -20930,6 +20930,45 @@
   title="resolve a url">resolved</span> relative to the element. User
   agents should allow users to follow such citation links.</span></p>
 
+  <p>The content of a <code>blockquote</code> may be abbreviated or
+  may have context added in the conventional manner for the text's
+  language.</p>
+
+  <div class="example">
+
+   <p>For example, in English this is traditionally done using square
+   brackets. Consider a page with the sentence "Fred ate the cracker.
+   He then said he liked apples and fish."; it could be quoted as
+   follows:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>[Fred] then said he liked [...] fish.</p>
+</blockquote></pre>
+
+  </div>
+
+  <p>Attribution for the quotation, if any, must be placed outside the
+  <code>blockquote</code> element.</p> <!-- Eventually someone is
+  going to ask about quotes that are self-attributing, e.g. someone
+  quoting an e-mail with full headers... -->
+
+  <div class="example">
+
+   <p>For example, here the attribution is given in a paragraph after
+   the quote:</p>
+
+   <pre><blockquote>
+ <p>I contend that we are both atheists. I just believe in one fewer
+ god than you do. When you understand why you dismiss all the other
+ possible gods, you will understand why I dismiss yours.</p>
+</blockquote>
+<p>— Stephen Roberts</p></pre>
+
+   <p>The other examples below show other ways of showing
+   attribution.</p>
+
+  </div>
+
   <div class="impl">
 
   <p>The <dfn title="dom-quote-cite"><code>cite</code></dfn> IDL




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