BLOCKQUOTE
Description
The BLOCKQUOTE element defines a separated multi-line set of text
to be rendered as quoted text.
Minimum Attributes
<BLOCKQUOTE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
All Possible Attributes
<BLOCKQUOTE
LANG="..."
DIR=ltr|rtl
ALIGN=center|left|right|justify>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
Elements Allowed Within...
members of group
Allowed In Content Of...
Any element that permits members of group
Variations
RFC 1866 states the contents of the BLOCKQUOTE element is typically
rendered slightly indented both left and right, and/or italic font.
It also states that a single-font browser rendering may
display the contents with a vertical line
of ">" characters down the left margin
to indicate quotation in the Internet mail style.
The LANG and DIR attributes are introduced with the
internationalization proposal.
The internationalization proposal also includes
ALIGN=center|left|right|justify
Version 3 proposes replacing the BLOCKQUOTE element with the
element.
BLOCKQUOTE is a Level 0 element.