231320 - <cite> is for *source* citation

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(www.mozilla.org :: General, defect)

Description

[Daniel Wang]

The about page has the wrong markup. <cite> is for source citation and should be
applied to "PC World Magazine" et. al.. (see
<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/text.html#edef-CITE>)

<q> should be used for the quotation instead. I'm not sure about <blockquote>, I
think it should be used for long quote only.

Also, "-" should be replaced by &#151; (em-dash)

fantasai, your markup guide
<http://fantasai.inkedblade.net/mozilla/web/guide/markup> has nothing on 
<cite>. Maybe add that in?

Also, I think you used <address> wrong in your example, see
<http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/struct/global.html#edef-ADDRESS>

Comment 1

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

q shouldn't be used for the quotation because of the mess about adding quotation
marks.

Comment 2

[Daniel Wang]

Attachment: patch

My style is no space between em-dash. If you prefer otherwise, change it away.

and one more thing, http://www.mozilla.org/products/mozilla1.x/ uses the proper
markup. Make sure both pages have the same code style.

Comment 3

[David Baron :dbaron: (⌚️UTC-4, no longer working on Mozilla)]

— is not a valid entity either.  It's — or —.  &#151 is a
Microsoft-ism.

Comment 4

[Daniel Wang]

> — is not a valid entity either.  It's — or —.  &#151 is a
Microsoft-ism.

thx, didn't know that. I have — in a few pages. guess I need to change 'em.

Comment 5

[fantasai]

The markup guide is a bit outdated. I'm overwhelmed with other stuff for these
couple weeks, though, so I won't get around to updating for awhile. But
reminding is good; I need to be poked once in awhile. :)

As for blockquote/citation:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/www-html/1995Jul/0092.html

Note the date and the poster.