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Browser support:
Sets the location of the source document.
There isn't any functionality implemented for this attribute in commonly used browsers, it contains information for authors only.
If you want to use this element dynamically, visit the JavaScript page for this attribute: cite. You can find other example(s) there.

Possible values:

String that sets the URL of the source document.
Default: this attribute has no default value.

Example HTML code 1:

This example illustrates the use of the cite attribute:
Some text before the quotation.
<q cite="http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Benjamin_Franklin/">
    All would live long, but none would be old.
</q>
Some text after the quotation.
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