blockquote

blockquote — A quotation set off from the main text.

Synopsis

blockquote ::=

Sequence of:
- One of:
  - Sequence of:
    - Interleave of:
      - title?
      - titleabbrev?
    - info? (db.titleforbidden.info)
  - info (db.titleonly.info)
- attribution?
- One or more of:
  - empty
  - empty
  - revhistory
  - Admonition elements
    note
  - Formal elements
    example
    figure
    table (db.cals.table)
    table (db.html.table)
  - Graphic elements
    mediaobject
  - Informal elements
    informaltable (db.cals.informaltable)
    informaltable (db.html.informaltable)
  - List elements
    itemizedlist
    orderedlist
    variablelist
  - Paragraph elements
    para
  - Publishing elements
    blockquote
    epigraph
    sidebar
  - Verbatim elements
    literallayout
    programlisting

Attributes

Common attributes and common linking attributes.

Description

Block quotations are set off from the main text, as opposed to occurring inline.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Parents

These elements contain blockquote: abstract, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, caption (db.caption), entry, example, figure, footnote, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, note, orderedlist, revdescription, section, sidebar, td, textobject, th, variablelist.

Children

The following elements occur in blockquote: attribution, blockquote, epigraph, example, figure, info (db.titleforbidden.info), info (db.titleonly.info), informaltable (db.cals.informaltable), informaltable (db.html.informaltable), itemizedlist, literallayout, mediaobject, note, orderedlist, para, programlisting, revhistory, sidebar, table (db.cals.table), table (db.html.table), title, titleabbrev, variablelist.

Examples

 1 |<article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'>
   |<title>Example blockquote</title>
   | 
   |<blockquote><attribution>Richard Dawkins</attribution>
 5 |<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>
10 | 
   |</article>

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.
Richard Dawkins