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cite element | cite object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Indicates a citation by rendering text in italic type.

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 9.2.1

Standards information

HTML information

Closing Tagrequired
CSS Displayinline

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

 Node
    cite
 Element
    cite

Remarks

A citation is a reference to a book, paper, or other published source material.

Examples

This example uses the CITE element to render a citation in italic type.


<CITE>Book Title.</CITE>

See also

Reference
acronym
address
dfn
em
i

 

 

Build date: 3/8/2012

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