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Quotes automatically collect information provided in resources or from an associated excerpt of a resource. This makes it easy for you to quote text. Simply add the Quote Macro, set the page. Associating the metadata of the resource to form a quote is taken care of by projectdoc.

Expected Duration
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Quoting my be deemed a luxury feature. Typically a simple block quote section is enough to stress that the shown fragment is quoted. But readers typically need to know where the information is actually from. This is where the Quote Macro enters the stage.

The quote in the page editor:

The rendered quote:

The information rendered in the quote is derived from the referenced document of type Resource.

If you are on a Resource or an Excerpt document, you even do not need to specify the resource the quote is from.

You may even transclude content once the quote is marked by the Content Marker Macro or the Section Macro.

If you need to quote from a resource outside of the wiki, use the External Quote Macro.

Resources

  • Macros
    • Quote Macro - Renders a quote from a resource with author and source.
    • External Quote Macro - Renders a quote to an external resource with author and source.
    • Cite Macro - Renders a cite to a resource document.
  • Doctypes
    • Resource - Resources are books, webpages, videocasts relevant for the project. Add important information to your project about resources that lie outside the control of your team.
    • Excerpt - Excerpts are abstracts of information found in a resource, such as a book. If you want to go into more detail for a given resource, there may be multiple excerpts as subpages of the resource document.
    • Quote - Quotes relevant for the project. Allows to store the content and metadata to the quote.
    • Person - Provides information about a person. This includes contact information (important if the person is relevant for the team) or information about the competences (if the person is an author about a topic relevant for the project).