CITE Attribute | cite Property

Sets or retrieves reference information about the object .

Syntax

HTML Scripting

< ELEMENT CITE = sCitation ... >

object . cite ( v ) [ = sCitation ]

Possible Values

sCitation

String that specifies or receives reference information.

The property is read/write. The property has no default value.

Expressions can be used in place of the preceding value(s), as of Microsoft® Internet Explorer 5. For more information, see About Dynamic Properties .

Remarks

This property is designed to point to information (e.g., a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI)) that explains why a document was changed or about the source of a quotation.

There is no functionality implemented for this property unless defined by the author.

Example

The example shows the use of the cite property.

<HTML>
<BODY>
<Q id="greatQuote" cite ="http://www.Shakespeare.the.great.com"> To Be or Not to Be, That is the Question</Q>
</BODY>
</HTML>

Standards Information

This property is defined in HTML 4.0 and is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 .

Applies To

[ Object Name ] Platform Version

Win32:

BLOCKQUOTE , Q , INS , DEL

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