Given below is a quote from WWF's website:
For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature. The world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in 100 countries and is supported by 1.2 million members in the United States and close to 5 million globally.
HTML <q> for Short Quotations
The HTML <q> element is used to define a short quotation.
Browsers normally tend to insert quotation marks around the element.
Example
<p>WWF's goal is to: <q>Build a future where people live in harmony with
nature.</q></p>
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HTML <blockquote> for Quotations
The HTML <blockquote> element is used to define a section which is quoted from some other source.
Browsers normally indent <blockquote> elements.
Example
<p>Here is a quote from WWF's website:</p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/index.html">
For 50 years, WWF has been protecting the future of nature.
The world's
leading conservation organization,
WWF works in 100 countries and is
supported by
1.2 million members in the United States and
close to 5
million globally.
</blockquote>
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The HTML <strong> element is used to define strong text, with added semantic "strong" importance.
HTML <abbr> for Abbreviations
The HTML <abbr> element is used to define an abbreviation or an acronym.
Marking of abbreviations will help in giving useful information to many things like browsers, translation systems and search-engines.
Example
<p>The <abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in
1948.</p>
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HTML <address> for Contact Information
The HTML <address> element is used to define contact information (author/owner) regarding a document or an article.
The <address> element will normally get displayed in italic. Most of the browsers will be adding a line break before and after the element.
Example
<address>
Written by John Doe.<br>
Visit us at:<br>
Example.com<br>
Box 564, Disneyland<br>
USA
</address>
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HTML <cite> for Work Title
The HTML <cite> element is used to define the title of a work.
Browsers normally will display <cite> elements in italic.
HTML <bdo> for Bi-Directional Override
The HTML <bdo> element is used to define bi-directional override.
The <bdo> element is used for overriding the current text direction:
HTML Quotation and Citation Elements
Tag | Description |
---|---|
<abbr> | Used to defines an abbreviation or acronym |
<address> | It is used to define contact information for the owner/author of a document |
<bdo> | It is used to define the text direction |
<blockquote> | It is used to define a section that is quoted from some other source |
<cite> | It is used to define the title of a work |
<q> | It is used to define a short inline quotation |