Markup for figure with captions

[kizu]

Which syntax to use? Markdown don't have anything for this, so for quotes (with figure-figcaption) we need now to use this kind of syntax:

<figure markdown="1">

> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia.

<figcaption>Marcus Tullius Cicero</figcaption>
</figure>

And that's not that cool.

[pepelsbey]

I think I saw something like this in Markdown Extended examples or somewhere else:

> Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet
— Marcus Tullius Cicero

It could be - or — for marking author and some Jekyll magic to catch and convert it into not just to bq + p, but fig > bq + figcap.

[kizu]

Figures could be used not only for blockquotes, but also or other things, so it would be better to find out a more wide syntax. Also, - is for lists, and — is cool, but is not widely used, so people who don't know how to do it could't use it.