[a] (3) You had nearly a decade to make people love you, cite='', but…

… you failed. So you're getting demoted to mere hidden metadata status, the last step before Tantek argues you into obsolescence. Fixing https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=18919 Affected topics: HTML, Rendering git-svn-id: http://svn.whatwg.org/webapps@7546 340c8d12-0b0e-0410-8428-c7bf67bfef74
whatwg · Nov 25, 2012 · e0e4b51 · e0e4b51
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@@ -20727,12 +20727,12 @@ a friend lost to the
   <dfn title="attr-blockquote-cite"><code>cite</code></dfn>
   attribute.</p>
 
-  <p>If the <code title="attr-blockquote-cite">cite</code> attribute
-  is present, it must be a <span>valid URL potentially surrounded by
-  spaces</span>. <span class="impl">To obtain the corresponding
-  citation link, the value of the attribute must be <span
-  title="resolve a url">resolved</span> relative to the element. User
-  agents should allow users to follow such citation links.</span></p>
+  <p>If the <code title="attr-blockquote-cite">cite</code> attribute is present, it must be a
+  <span>valid URL potentially surrounded by spaces</span>. <span class="impl">To obtain the
+  corresponding citation link, the value of the attribute must be <span title="resolve a
+  url">resolved</span> relative to the element.</span> User agents may allow users to follow such
+  citation links, but they are primarily intended for private use (e.g. by server-side scripts
+  collecting statistics about a site's use of quotations), not for readers.</p>
 
   <p>The content of a <code>blockquote</code> may be abbreviated or
   may have context added in the conventional manner for the text's
@@ -22398,12 +22398,12 @@ gossip column, maybe!&lt;/q>.&lt;/p></pre>
   source may be fictional, as when quoting characters in a novel or
   screenplay.</p>
 
-  <p>If the <code title="attr-q-cite">cite</code> attribute is
-  present, it must be a <span>valid URL potentially surrounded by
-  spaces</span>. <span class="impl">To obtain the corresponding
-  citation link, the value of the attribute must be <span
-  title="resolve a url">resolved</span> relative to the element. User
-  agents should allow users to follow such citation links.</span></p>
+  <p>If the <code title="attr-q-cite">cite</code> attribute is present, it must be a <span>valid URL
+  potentially surrounded by spaces</span>. <span class="impl">To obtain the corresponding citation
+  link, the value of the attribute must be <span title="resolve a url">resolved</span> relative to
+  the element.</span> User agents may allow users to follow such citation links, but they are
+  primarily intended for private use (e.g. by server-side scripts collecting statistics about a
+  site's use of quotations), not for readers.</p>
 
   <p>The <code>q</code> element must not be used in place of quotation
   marks that do not represent quotes; for example, it is inappropriate
@@ -24993,13 +24993,12 @@ Course course = Helm.CourseFactory(Heading, &lt;wbr>Maps.MapFactoryFromHeading(h
   pointing to the specific part of that document that discusses the
   change.</p>
 
-  <p>If the <code title="attr-mod-cite">cite</code> attribute is
-  present, it must be a <span>valid URL potentially surrounded by
-  spaces</span> that explains the change. <span class="impl">To obtain
-  the corresponding citation link, the value of the attribute must be
-  <span title="resolve a url">resolved</span> relative to the
-  element. User agents should allow users to follow such citation
-  links.</span></p>
+  <p>If the <code title="attr-mod-cite">cite</code> attribute is present, it must be a <span>valid
+  URL potentially surrounded by spaces</span> that explains the change. <span class="impl">To obtain
+  the corresponding citation link, the value of the attribute must be <span title="resolve a
+  url">resolved</span> relative to the element.</span> User agents may allow users to follow such
+  citation links, but they are primarily intended for private use (e.g. by server-side scripts
+  collecting statistics about a site's edits), not for readers.</p>
 
 
   <p>The <dfn title="attr-mod-datetime"><code>datetime</code></dfn>
@@ -25028,6 +25027,9 @@ Course course = Helm.CourseFactory(Heading, &lt;wbr>Maps.MapFactoryFromHeading(h
 
   </div>
 
+  <p>This value <span class="impl">may be shown to the user, but it</span> is primarily intended for
+  private use.</p>
+
   <p>The <code>ins</code> and <code>del</code> elements <span
   class="impl">must</span> implement the <code>HTMLModElement</code>
   interface:</p>
@@ -114687,13 +114689,13 @@ keygen { binding: <i title="">keygen</i>; }</pre>
   <span>hyperlink auditing</span>, and to let them know at a minimum which domains will be contacted
   as part of such auditing.</p>
 
-  <p>User agents are expected to allow users to <span>navigate</span><!--DONAV cite=""--> <span
-  title="browsing context">browsing contexts</span> to the resources <span title="resolve a
-  url">indicated</span> by the <code title="">cite</code> attributes on <code>q</code>,
-  <code>blockquote</code>, <code>ins</code>, and <code>del</code> elements.</p>
+  <p>User agents may allow users to <span>navigate</span><!--DONAV cite=""--> <span title="browsing
+  context">browsing contexts</span> to the resources <span title="resolve a url">indicated</span> by
+  the <code title="">cite</code> attributes on <code>q</code>, <code>blockquote</code>,
+  <code>ins</code>, and <code>del</code> elements.</p>
 
-  <p>User agents are expected to surface <span title="hyperlink">hyperlinks</span> created by
-  <code>link</code> elements in their user interface.</p>
+  <p>User agents may surface <span title="hyperlink">hyperlinks</span> created by <code>link</code>
+  elements in their user interface.</p>
 
   <p class="note">While <code>link</code> elements that create <span
   title="hyperlink">hyperlinks</span> will match the ':link' or ':visited' pseudo-classes, will