Name
blockquote — A quotation set off from the main text
Synopsis
blockquote ::=
((((title
? &
titleabbrev
?),
info
? db.titleforbidden.info) |
info
db.titleonly.info),
attribution
?, (annotation
|
bridgehead
| remark
|
revhistory
| Indexing inlines | Admonition elements | Formal elements | Graphic elements | Informal elements | List elements | Paragraph elements | Publishing elements | Synopsis elements | Technical elements | Verbatim elements)+)
Attribute synopsis
Description
Block quotations are set off from the main text, as opposed to occurring inline.
Processing expectations
Formatted as a displayed block.
See Also
abstract
, attribution
, epigraph
, sidebar
Examples
<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> <title>Example blockquote</title> <blockquote><attribution>Richard Dawkins</attribution> <para>The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but pitiless indifference. </para> </blockquote> </article>
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