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h-cite is the microformats2 vocabulary for marking up citations and references on web sites.
IndieWeb Uses
There are several indieweb uses of h-cite:
- reply-context - on the summary display of the original post that a reply/comment is in-reply-to
- comments - on comments shown below a post that have been federated/syndicated in from their original reply permalink
- blockquotes - when quoting other blog posts, it's good to provide a fully marked up citation using h-cite
- citation user interface - explicit <cite class="h-cite"> markup provided in an input text box at the bottom of blog posts for others to easily copy and paste into their follow up blog posts or responses.
- Tantek provides such input boxes with citation markup to copy/paste in the footer of every article he publishes, e.g. [1]
FAQ
Q: When making a mentions stream, should I use h-cite around each entry?
A: If you are displaying the entire entry, then it does not need an h-cite. If you are citing a summary of the entry — e.g. name, URL, and dt-published — then an h-cite is appropriate.
Indieweb examples
Christian Weiske
Christian Weiske uses h-cite to mark up books he has in his library - http://cweiske.de/books.htm
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