<cite>: The HTML Cite Element

1 Description

The HTML <cite> element is used to encapsulate the title of a creative work (such as a book, movie, song, etc). <cite> elements are frequently used together with the <figcaption>, and <blockquote> elements.

2 Examples

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>Example Page</title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <p>
            Herman Melville's book called Moby Dick, was originally published in 1851.
            The book was not considered to be successful, in fact the book was out of
            print at the time of Mr. Melville's death in 1891.
        </p>
        <figure>
            <blockquote>
                <p>Call me Ishmael.</p>
            </blockquote>
            <figcaption>
                The first sentence in
                <cite><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2701/2701-h/2701-h.htm">Moby-Dick</a></cite>
                by Herman Melville, (Chapter 1).
            </figcaption>
        </figure>
    </body>
</html>

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