<cite>

A citation is the name or the title of a bibliographic resource, for example, a document, online article, or instructional video.

Rendering expectations

The content of the <cite>element is typically rendered in a way that distinguishes it from the surrounding text.

Example

This section is non-normative.

The following code sample shows how the <cite> element can be used to mark up the title of an article:

<p>The online article <cite>Specialization in the Darwin Information Typing
Architecture</cite> provides a detailed explanation of how to define new
topic types.</p>