HTML Quotation Elements

In this chapter we will go through the

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, ,and HTML elements.Example

Here is a quote from WWF's website:For nearly 60 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature.The world's leading conservation organization,WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by more than one million members in the United States andclose to five million globally.

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for Quotations

The HTML

element defines a section thatis quoted from another source.

Browsers usually indent

elements.Example

Here is a quote from WWF's website:

For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature.The world'sleading conservation organization,WWF works in 100 countries and issupported by1.2 million members in the United States andclose to 5million globally.

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The HTML tag defines a short quotation.

Browsers normally insert quotation marks around the quotation.Example

WWF's goal is to: Build a future where people live in harmony withnature.

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The HTML tag defines an abbreviation or an acronym, like "HTML","CSS", "Mr.","Dr.", "ASAP", "ATM".

Marking abbreviations can give useful information to browsers, translationsystems and search-engines.

Tip: Use the global title attribute toshow the description for theabbreviation/acronym when you mouse over the element. Example

The WHO was founded in1948.

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for Contact Information

The HTML

tag defines the contact information for the author/owner of a documentor an article.

The contact information can be an email address, URL, physical address, phonenumber, social media handle, etc.

The text in the

element usually renders in italic,and browsers willalways add a line break before and after the

element.Example

Written by John Doe.
Visit us at:
Example.com
Box 564, Disneyland
USA

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The HTML tag defines the title of acreative work (e.g. a book, a poem, a song, a movie, a painting, a sculpture, etc.).

Note: A person's name is not the title of a work.

The text in the element usually renders in italic.Example

The Scream by Edvard Munch. Painted in 1893.

Try it Yourself »HTML for Bi-Directional Override

BDO stands for Bi-Directional Override.

The HTML tag is used to overridethe current text direction:Example

This text will be written from right to left

Try it Yourself »HTML ExercisesHTML Quotation and Citation ElementsTagDescriptionDefines an abbreviation or acronym

Defines contact information for the author/owner of a documentDefines the text direction

Defines a section that is quoted from another sourceDefines the title of a workDefines a short inline quotation

For a complete list of all available HTML tags, visit our HTML Tag Reference.