HTML cite Attribute

Example

<blockquote cite="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_change">Climate change includes both global warming driven by human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases and the resulting large-scale shifts in weather patterns.</blockquote>

Meaning

The value of cite attribute should be a URL for the document in which the information cited can be found.

Standard Syntax

<element cite="SourceURL">

Browser Support

Status

Applies to:

The cite attribute can be used on the following element:

Element	Attribute
<blockquote>	cite
<del>	cite
<ins>	cite
<q>	cite

Attribute Values

Value	Description
SourceURL	Value can be An absolute URL - navigate to within or another web site ( href="http://www.example.com/index.html") A relative URL - navigate to within a web site ( href="index.html")

Value

Description

SourceURL

Value can be

An absolute URL - navigate to within or another web site ( href="http://www.example.com/index.html")
A relative URL - navigate to within a web site ( href="index.html")

More Example

Example

<p>This text has been <del cite="del.html">deleted</del>.</p>

❮ HTML Attributes