attribution
attribution — The source of a block quote or epigraph.
Synopsis
- Zero or more of:
- text
citationcitetitlepersonpersonnamephrase(db._phrase)replaceable- Graphic inlines
![[-]](figs/web/nav/down.gif)
- Indexing inlines
- Linking inlines
- Ubiquitous inlines
altanchorannotationbibliorefindexterm(db.indexterm.endofrange)indexterm(db.indexterm.singular)indexterm(db.indexterm.startofrange)inlinemediaobjectlinkolinkremarksubscriptsuperscriptxref
Attributes
Description
An attribution identifies the source to whom a
blockquote or epigraph is
ascribed.
Processing expectations
May be formatted inline or as a displayed block, depending on
context. Sometimes suppressed. Although it appears at the beginning of
the content model for blockquote and
epigraph, it is often output at the end.
Parents
These elements contain attribution: blockquote, epigraph.
Children ![[+]](figs/web/nav/right.gif)
This element contains 20 elements.
See Also
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example attribution</title> 4 <blockquote> <attribution>William Shakespeare</attribution> 6 <literallayout> What say you? Will you yield, and this avoid? 8 Or, guilty in defense, be thus destroyed? </literallayout> 10 </blockquote> 12 </article>
1
2 What say you? Will you yield, and this avoid?
Or, guilty in defense, be thus destroyed?—William Shakespeare