<refentry id="blockquote.element">
<?dbhtml filename="blockquote.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>blockquote</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>blockquote</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>blockquote</refname>
<refpurpose>&blockquote.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&blockquote.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
Block quotations are set off from the main text, as opposed to occurring
inline.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.block;
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
<indexterm><primary>DocBook DTD</primary><secondary>Changes for <acronym>V4.0</acronym></secondary>
</indexterm>
<sgmltag>Epigraph</sgmltag> will not be allowed in <sgmltag>BlockQuote</sgmltag> in
DocBook <acronym>V4.0</acronym>.
</para>
</refsect2>



&blockquote.parents.gen;
&blockquote.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&blockquote.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&blockquote.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.blockquote.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&blockquote.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.blockquote.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&blockquote.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

