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Version: DocBook V4.5

blockquote

blockquote — A quotation set off from the main text

Synopsis

Content Model

blockquote ::=
(blockinfo?,title?,attribution?,
(calloutlist|glosslist|bibliolist|itemizedlist|orderedlist|
segmentedlist|simplelist|variablelist|caution|important|note|
tip|warning|literallayout|programlisting|programlistingco|
screen|screenco|screenshot|synopsis|cmdsynopsis|funcsynopsis|
classsynopsis|fieldsynopsis|constructorsynopsis|
destructorsynopsis|methodsynopsis|formalpara|para|simpara|
address|blockquote|graphic|graphicco|mediaobject|mediaobjectco|
informalequation|informalexample|informalfigure|informaltable|
equation|example|figure|table|msgset|procedure|sidebar|qandaset|
task|productionset|constraintdef|anchor|bridgehead|remark|
highlights|abstract|authorblurb|epigraph|indexterm|beginpage)+)

Attributes

Common attributes

Description

Block quotations are set off from the main text, as opposed to occurring inline.

Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block.

Future Changes

Epigraph will not be allowed in BlockQuote in DocBook V4.0.

Examples

<!DOCTYPE blockquote PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.1.2//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.1.2/docbookx.dtd">
<blockquote><attribution>Richard Dawkins</attribution>
<para>
The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should
expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and
no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.
</para>
</blockquote>

 

The universe that we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil and no good, nothing but pitiless indifference.

 

 

--Richard Dawkins

For additional examples, see also attribution, literallayout.