<blockquote> is a formatting element used to designate an extended quotation which should be spaced or set off from the text. Smaller quotations may be tagged with <emph>. <blockquote> may be used within: <accessrestrict>, <accruals>, <acqinfo>, <altformavail>, <appraisal>, <arrangement>, <bibliography>, <bioghist>, <controlaccess>, <custodhist>, <daodesc>, <descgrp>, <div>, <dsc>, <dscgrp>, <event>, <extref>, <extrefloc>, <fileplan>, <index>, <item>, <note>, <odd>, <originalsloc>, <otherfindaid>, <p>, <phystech>, <prefercite>, <processinfo>, <ref>, <refloc>, <relatedmaterial>, <scopecontent>, <separatedmaterial>, <titlepage>, and <userestrict>.
Attributes
- ALTRENDER – not required. Use if the content of the element should be displayed or printed differently than the rendering established in a style sheet for other occurrences of the element.
- AUDIENCE – not required. Use to set whether the element’s contents will be visible to external users or to internal ones. Possible values are: “internal” and “external.”
- ID – not required. Creates an ID for element. Can be used for linking.
Subelements
The quotation within <blockquote> should not be plain-text but should rather be encoded within an <address>, <chronlist>, <list>, <note>, <p>, or <table> element.
Examples
<relatedmaterial> <head>Related Materials</head> <p>Those using the collection may also be interested in P132, held in this repository, which includes photographs of Pemberly, Darcy's estate and childhood home. In an April 1795 letter to his friend, Charles Bingley, Darcy wrote <blockquote> <p>No doubt the estate has exerted a tremendous influence on the development of my character. One may walk for an hour without glimpsing another soul, which has taught me to love tranquility.</p> </blockquote> </p> </relatedmaterial> |
