[Bug 23008] Change definition of <cite> to allow it to refer to names of people, not just works

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23008

steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|NEW                         |RESOLVED
         Resolution|---                         |FIXED

--- Comment #1 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
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Status: Accepted
Change Description:
https://github.com/w3c/html/commit/fdb9ff6bafb3972288081a075790d0dd8ec39faa
Rationale: After reviewing the historical and current discussions and articles
discussing on the definition of cite[(for example) 1], and usage in the wild ,
I agree with comment 1 that it should be allowed to be used (as it already is)
to identify the author of quoted text. I have also widened the definition to
allow cite to include all citation information in the case of academic citation
formats such as MLA or Chicago

[1] 
http://wiki.whatwg.org/wiki/Cite_element
http://www.brucelawson.co.uk/2013/on-citing-quotations-again/
http://oli.jp/2011/blockquote/
http://html5doctor.com/blockquote-q-cite/

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