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The HTML <cite> Element (or HTML Citation Element) represents a reference to a creative work. It must include the title of a work, the name of the author, or a URL reference, which may be in an abbreviated form according to the conventions used for the addition of citation metadata.
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Usage Notes:
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A creative work may include a book, a paper, an essay, a poem, a score, a song, a script, a film, a TV show, a game, a sculpture, a painting, a theater production, a play, an opera, a musical, an exhibition, a legal case report, a computer program, , a web site, a web page, a blog post or comment, a forum post or comment, a tweet, a written or oral statement, etc.
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Use the cite attribute on a <blockquote> or <q> element to reference an online resource for a source.
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Content categories:
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Flow content, phrasing content, palpable content.
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Permitted content:
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Phrasing content.
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Tag omission:
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None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.
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Permitted parent elements:
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Any element that accepts phrasing content.
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DOM interface:
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HTMLElement Up to Gecko 1.9.2 (Firefox 4) inclusive, Firefox implements the HTMLSpanElement interface for this element. |