[Bug 22996] Modify blockquote element definition to allow citations

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=22996

--- Comment #22 from steve faulkner <faulkner.steve@gmail.com> ---
(In reply to comment #21)
> (In reply to comment #20)
> > (In reply to comment #19)
> > > (In reply to comment #18)
> > > > (In reply to comment #17)
> 
> > > After doing some more reading and research on citations it really seems as
> > > if to deal with the diversity/complexity of citation styles/formats the use
> > > of metadata schema is the most appropriate, what we should be providing in
> > > HTML is a framework to hang these off. I think cite and footer provide this.
> > 
> > Whether the footer is considered "quoted" or "about the quoted content",
> > surely its purpose is largely indistinguishable. In either case, it is about
> > the nature of that content.
> 
> Hi Steve (and Heydon),
> 
> how about, at the very least, point out, may be in a NOTE, the very
> problem - acknowledge its existence?
> 
> Namely, state that placing the <cite> as child of <blockquote>,
> with the intent that it informs the reader about from where the
> quotation is taken, though it most often is clear from the context,
> it still has the potential to sometimes confuse consumers with regard
> to whether the the content within <cite> stems from the source or
>  from the one who quoted the source.
> 
> And, please, do not only state the problem, but also say that the
> solution is to place <cite> outside <blockquote>, e.g. inside
> a <figcaption>. (May be it should be said that placing it inside
> <footer> also “helps”.)

sure, will add some text to that effect.

have also been mulling over this pattern

<figure><blockquote></blockquote><footer></footer></figure>

for situations where the content is not a caption with some citation stuff in
it as in the example in the spec, but is just a citation.

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