HTML cite attribute

Last update on August 19 2022 21:50:39 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

cite

The purpose of the HTML cite attribute is to specify the URL which points to the source document or message.

Supported elements

HTML cite attribute supports blockquote, del, ins, q elements.

Syntax

<blockquote cite="value">..............</blockquote>

Type of value

URL.

Value

A URL.

Default value

There is no default value.

Supported doctypes

HTML 4.01 strict, HTML 4.01 transitional, HTML 4.01 frameset.

Example of HTML cite attribute with blockquote

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML cite attribute with blockquote</title>
</head>
<body> 
<blockquote cite="https://www.w3resource.com/html/HTML-tutorials.php"><p>We have covered all the HTML 4.01 elements or tags and their attributes. Because it is HTML elements (or tags ) and attributes, which you need to understand for learning HTML.</p></blockquote>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML cite attribute with blockquote.

Example of HTML cite attribute with q

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML cite attribute with q</title>
</head>
<body>
<p><q cite="https://www.w3resource.com/html/HTML-tutorials.php">HTML, stands for Hyper Text Markup Language</q></p>
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML cite attribute with q.

Example of HTML cite attribute with ins and del

<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<title>Example of HTML cite attribute with ins and del </title>
</head>
<body>
<p>We are using <del cite="https://www.w3resource.com/html/HTML-tutorials.php">HTML 4.01</del> <ins cite="https://www.w3resource.com/html/HTML-tutorials.php">XHTML 1.0</ins> for our pages.</p> 
</body>
</html>

Result

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Example of HTML cite attribute with ins and del.

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