Re: References to historical definitions of the `cite` element

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 4:52 PM, Karl Dubost <karl@la-grange.net> wrote:
> Just for the record in that discussion about definition of `cite` element (not the attribute)

Also:
# [22:43] <DanC> the meaning of <cite> has drifted significantly since
I added it to HTML. It was introduced via TeXinfo from, but it goes
back to the chicago manual of style. It's for marking up titles of
works.
# [22:43] <DanC> that is: it was originally for marking up titles of works.
# [22:44] <DanC> I was asleep at the wheel when the
<cite>Romeo</cite>... <cite>Juliet</cite>... examples got added to
HTML4
http://krijnhoetmer.nl/irc-logs/html-wg/20070402#l-333

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