[Bug 23175] Use of <cite> in <blockquote> has conflicting semantics

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=23175

--- Comment #8 from Leif Halvard Silli <xn--mlform-iua@xn--mlform-iua.no> ---
(In reply to Josh Tumath from comment #6)

> I disagree. :) In that scenario, you're suggesting that the name "John
> Smith" was spoken in a quote by someone else.

How do you justify that claim?

>  However, by adding the
> <footer> element around the cite, it is clear that it is part of the quote's
> "metadata"; we can separate it from the actual quote.

Well, it is also possible to quote a <footer>, so there is no guarantee that
<footer> isn’t itself quoted. That said, I can agree that it probably increases
the chances that the content of the footer is an “about text” rather than a
part of the actual quote.

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Received on Friday, 6 September 2013 16:05:03 UTC