Re: Modify blockquote element definition to allow citations

Jukka K. Korpela [2013-08-19T09:52]:
>  In such cases, there is normally no external source where the text could have been quoted. 

I would prefer we avoid to use "external". Text which has a source is just fine. 
For example, in a forum, a text in the same page, with a URI reference (ex: http://forum.example.com/topic/foo#comment21) could be used in the replied answer with the appropriate blockquote linking to the source in the same page, aka

	<div id="comment22">

	   <blockquote cite="http://forum.example.com/topic/foo#comment21">
	      <p>cats are cute</p>
	   </blockquote>

	   <p>@John, I prefer dogs</p>

	</div>




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