[whatwg] the cite element

Remco remco47 at gmail.com
Thu Aug 13 06:50:11 PDT 2009


On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 2:26 PM, Erik Vorhes<erik at textivism.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:59 AM, Smylers<Smylers at stripey.com> wrote:
>>
>> As Ian has pointed out, the above is technically non-conforming with
>> what the HTML 4 spec claims.  But it's how I've been using <cite> for
>> years, since it makes sense and has a use.
>
>
> I defy you to show me in the HTML 4.01 specification where something
> like the following is nonconforming:
>
> <p>I like to read nonfiction, such as <cite>John Adams</cite>, but I
> had more time for that when I was a professional academic.</p>
>
> Erik
>

I don't think John Adams is a name of a person in this context. It is
a group of works.

Remco



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