cites for blockquotes

Olivier Scherler os-lists at ithink.ch
Fri Mar 19 04:03:44 EST 2004


> For example, what if I wanted to produce this:
> 
>     <blockquote cite="http://ushistory.org/franklin/quotable/quote04.htm">
>         <p>They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little
>         temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.</p>
>     
>         <p>--Benjamin Franklin</p>
>     </blockquote>

I am wondering how such a quote should be rendered to be correct (regardless of
Markdown’s abilities for the moment). I always thought the attribution should be
indented or right aligned. I also tend to but an unbreakable space between the
em dash and the text. Am I wrong?

Olivier

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