---
id: html-quotations
title: "HTML Quotations"
category: "Frontend"
status: "draft"
verification_status: "conceptual"
canonical_id: ""
aliases: ["HTML blockquote", "HTML q tag", "HTML citation elements", "HTML abbr", "HTML cite", "HTML bdo", "HTML address"]
duplicate_of: ""
source_trust_level: "B"
confidence_score: 0.90
created_at: 2026-06-23
updated_at: 2026-06-23
review_reason: ""
merge_history: []
tags: ["html", "web", "frontend", "w3schools", "quotations", "semantics"]
raw_sources: ["https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quotation_elements.asp"]
applied_in: []
github_commit: ""
---

# [[HTML Quotations]]

## 🎯 한 줄 통찰 (One-line insight)
HTML provides a family of semantic elements — `<blockquote>`, `<q>`, `<abbr>`, `<address>`, `<cite>`, and `<bdo>` — that mark up quotations, citations, abbreviations, and text direction so browsers, translators, and search engines can interpret content meaningfully. [S1]

## 🧠 핵심 개념 (Core concepts)
- **`<blockquote>`** — defines a section that is quoted from another source; browsers usually indent it. [S1]
- **`<q>`** — defines a short inline quotation; browsers normally insert quotation marks around it. [S1]
- **`<abbr>`** — defines an abbreviation or acronym (e.g. "HTML", "CSS", "Mr.", "Dr.", "ASAP", "ATM"); marking abbreviations gives useful information to browsers, translation systems, and search engines. [S1]
- **`<address>`** — defines contact information for the author/owner of a document or an article; renders in italic with a line break before and after. [S1]
- **`<cite>`** — defines the title of a creative work (book, poem, song, movie, painting, sculpture, etc.); renders in italic. [S1]
- **`<bdo>`** — BDO stands for Bi-Directional Override; overrides the current text direction. [S1]

## 🧩 추출된 패턴 (Extracted patterns)
- **Source attribution pattern** — `<blockquote cite="URL">` ties a quoted block to its source URL. [S1]
- **Inline quotation pattern** — wrap a short quote in `<q>…</q>` and let the browser supply quote marks. [S1]
- **Tooltip-on-abbreviation pattern** — `<abbr title="full description">SHORT</abbr>` surfaces the expansion on mouse-over via the global `title` attribute. [S1]
- **Direction-override pattern** — `<bdo dir="rtl">…</bdo>` forces right-to-left rendering. [S1]

## 📖 세부 내용 (Details)
This chapter goes through the `<blockquote>`, `<q>`, `<abbr>`, `<address>`, `<cite>`, and `<bdo>` HTML elements. [S1]

**The `<blockquote>` Element**
The HTML `<blockquote>` element defines a section that is quoted from another source. Browsers usually indent `<blockquote>` elements. [S1]
```html
<p>Here is a quote from WWF's website:</p>
<blockquote cite="http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/index.html">
For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive. As the world's leading conservation organization, WWF works in nearly 100 countries. At every level, we collaborate with people around the world to develop and deliver innovative solutions that protect communities, wildlife, and the places in which they live.
</blockquote>
```

**The `<q>` Element**
The HTML `<q>` tag defines a short quotation. Browsers normally insert quotation marks around the quotation. [S1]
```html
<p>WWF's goal is to: <q>Build a future where people live in harmony with nature.</q></p>
```

**The `<abbr>` Element**
The HTML `<abbr>` tag defines an abbreviation or an acronym, like "HTML", "CSS", "Mr.", "Dr.", "ASAP", "ATM". Marking abbreviations can give useful information to browsers, translation systems and search-engines. [S1]

> **Tip:** Use the global `title` attribute to show the description for the abbreviation/acronym when you mouse over the element. [S1]
```html
<p>The <abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr> was founded in 1948.</p>
```

**The `<address>` Element**
The HTML `<address>` tag defines the contact information for the author/owner of a document or an article. The contact information can be an email address, URL, physical address, phone number, social media handle, etc. The text in the `<address>` element usually renders in italic, and browsers will always add a line break before and after the `<address>` element. [S1]
```html
<address>
Written by John Doe.<br>
Visit us at:<br>
Example.com<br>
Box 564, Disneyland<br>
USA
</address>
```

**The `<cite>` Element**
The HTML `<cite>` tag defines the title of a creative work (e.g. a book, a poem, a song, a movie, a painting, a sculpture, etc.). A person's name is not the title of a work. The text in the `<cite>` element usually renders in italic. [S1]
```html
<p><cite>The Scream</cite> by Edvard Munch. Painted in 1893.</p>
```

**The `<bdo>` Element**
BDO stands for Bi-Directional Override. The HTML `<bdo>` tag is used to override the current text direction. [S1]
```html
<bdo dir="rtl">This text will be written from right to left</bdo>
```

**Reference table**

| Tag | Description |
|---|---|
| `<abbr>` | Defines an abbreviation or acronym |
| `<address>` | Defines contact information for the author/owner of a document |
| `<bdo>` | Defines the text direction |
| `<blockquote>` | Defines a section that is quoted from another source |
| `<cite>` | Defines the title of a work |
| `<q>` | Defines a short inline quotation |

[S1]

## 🛠️ 적용 사례 (Applied in summary)
The WWF blockquote, the WHO abbreviation, and the "The Scream" citation above are the canonical applied examples from the source. No external project/commit applications found in the source.

## 💻 코드 패턴 (Code patterns)
Block quotation with source (HTML):
```html
<blockquote cite="http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/index.html">
For 60 years, WWF has worked to help people and nature thrive...
</blockquote>
```
Inline quotation:
```html
<p>WWF's goal is to: <q>Build a future where people live in harmony with nature.</q></p>
```
Abbreviation with tooltip:
```html
<abbr title="World Health Organization">WHO</abbr>
```
Direction override:
```html
<bdo dir="rtl">This text will be written from right to left</bdo>
```

## ⚖️ 모순 및 업데이트 (Contradictions & updates)
No contradictions found in the source.

## ✅ 검증 상태 및 신뢰도
- **상태:** draft
- **검증 단계:** conceptual (실제 적용 사례 발견 시 applied/validated로 승격 가능)
- **출처 신뢰도:** B (W3Schools — widely used educational reference, not a primary standards body)
- **신뢰 점수:** 0.90
- **중복 검사 결과:** 신규 생성 (New discovery)

## 🔗 지식 그래프 (Knowledge Graph)
- **상위/루트:** [[HTML Tutorial]]
- **관련 개념:** [[HTML Formatting]], [[HTML Text Formatting]], [[HTML Comments]], [[HTML Attributes]]
- **참조 맥락:** Referenced when marking up quoted material, citations, abbreviations, contact info, or overriding text direction.

## 📚 출처 (Sources)
- [S1] W3Schools — HTML Quotations — https://www.w3schools.com/html/html_quotation_elements.asp

## 📝 변경 이력 (Change history)
- 2026-06-23: Initial draft synthesized from the W3Schools "HTML Quotations" page (Astra wiki-curation, P-Reinforce v3.1 format).
