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.

Parents

These elements contain blockquote: answer, appendix, article, bibliodiv, bibliography, blockquote, callout, caption, caution, chapter, colophon, constraintdef, dedication, example, figure, footnote, glossary, glossdef, glossdiv, important, index, indexdiv, informalexample, informalfigure, itemizedlist, legalnotice, listitem, msgexplan, msgtext, note, orderedlist, para, partintro, preface, procedure, qandadiv, qandaset, question, refsect1, refsect2, refsect3, refsection, refsynopsisdiv, revdescription, sect1, sect2, sect3, sect4, sect5, section, setindex, sidebar, simplesect, step, taskprerequisites, taskrelated, tasksummary, textobject, tip, variablelist, warning.

Children

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

See Also

abstract, attribution, epigraph, highlights, sidebar.

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.