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HTML 7 – blockquote, q, abbr, address, cite, dbo elements

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<blockquote>
  <p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit.</p>
</blockquote>
  • blockquote is a container for a section of text which indicates a quote
  • It can contain one or more paraghraphs
  • It may also contain other inline elements like em, strong or even code
<p>Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. <q>In hac habitasse platea dictumst!</q></p>
  • q element is used to represemt a short inline quotation within a larger text
  • It contains one or more words or sentences that are meant to be highlightes as a quote
<p>The <abbr title="Academy Awards">Oscars</abbr> are presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.</p>
  • abbr(abbreviation) element is used to define an abbreviation that is ment to be explained within the surrounding text.
  • It contains a short form of a word, followed by the full explanation in the ‘title’ attribute
<p>The company's headquarters are located at:</p>
<address>
 Somewhere in Europe
</address>
  • address element defines an adrress or contact information
  • It containes one or more lines of text with contact/adress information
  • It can contain address, email address and phone number
<p>According to <cite>Kronos</cite>, "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet."</p>
  • cite elements identifies the source of a quotation, referece or block of text
  • It can contain a URL, page number or other identification information
<bdo dir="rtl">
  This text should be displayed in the right-to-left direction
</bdo>
  • bdo element specifies the direction in which the text should be displayed
  • It is used in documents in languages that are written in right-to-left, Arabic, Hebrew
  • It overrides the bidirectional formatting rules of the surrounding text

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