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Cite element

As explained in Web Design Playground, Second Edition

The HTML cite element marks the title of a cited creative work and is commonly rendered in italics by default.

Use the HTML cite element to mark the title of a referenced creative work—such as a book, article, poem, movie, or work of art. Browsers commonly display the cited text in italics, but its main job is semantic, not decorative. section 16.1

Citing a quotation

<q>A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.</q>—<cite>Joseph Roux, Meditations of a Parish Priest</cite>

How Web Design Playground, Second Edition covers it

How deep it goes
Defines the element and its common italic rendering, without covering attributes, browser internals, or styling techniques.
Examples
Uses a quotation attributed to Joseph Roux and his work Meditations of a Parish Priest.
What you can do after
Apply semantic citation markup to identify the creative work referenced in prose.
How it connects
Connects semantic markup with creative works and quotations.
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