Annotation of html5/spec-author-view/the-article-element.html, revision 1.6
1.1 mike 1: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"><html lang="en-US-x-Hixie"><meta content="text/html; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"><title>4.4.4 The article element — HTML5 (Edition for Web Authors)</title><meta content="width=device-width;" name="viewport"><meta content="IE=edge,chrome=1" http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible"><link href="whatwg.css" rel="stylesheet"><style type="text/css">
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15: dd p { margin-top: 0; }
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29: table tbody th { text-align: left; }
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40: .toc dfn, h1 dfn, h2 dfn, h3 dfn, h4 dfn, h5 dfn, h6 dfn { font: inherit; }
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61:
62: h2 { page-break-before: always; }
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65:
66: p > span:not([title=""]):not([class="XXX"]):not([class="impl"]):not([class="note"]),
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224:
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273: .glyph.control { color: red; }
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275: @font-face {
276: font-family: 'Essays1743';
277: src: url('http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/fonts/Essays1743.ttf');
278: }
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288: }
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322: var configUI = document.createElement('div');
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333: <link href="Overview.html#contents" rel="index" title="Table of contents">
334: <link href="the-aside-element.html" rel="next" title="4.4.5 The aside element">
335: <body class="split chapter" onload="fixBrokenLink(); init()"><div class="head" id="head">
336: <p><a href="http://www.w3.org/"><img alt="W3C" height="48" src="http://www.w3.org/Icons/w3c_home" width="72"></a></p>
337:
1.4 mike 338: <h1>HTML5 <span class="edition">Edition for Web Authors</span> <span class="rcsrevision">revision 1.4925</span></h1>
1.6 ! mike 339: </div><div class="prev_next">
1.1 mike 340: <a href="the-nav-element.html">← 4.4.3 The nav element</a> –
341: <a href="Overview.html#contents">Table of contents</a> –
342: <a href="the-aside-element.html">4.4.5 The aside element →</a>
343: </div>
344:
345: <h4 id="the-article-element"><span class="secno">4.4.4 </span>The <dfn aria-haspopup="true" role="button" tabindex="0"><code>article</code></dfn> element</h4><dl class="element"><dt>Categories</dt>
346: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content_20">Flow content</a>.</dd>
347: <dd><a href="content-models.html#sectioning-content" id="sectioning-content_6">Sectioning content</a>.</dd>
348: <dd><a href="dnd.html#formatblock-candidate" id="formatblock-candidate_2"><code title="">formatBlock</code> candidate</a>.</dd>
349: <dt>Contexts in which this element can be used:</dt>
350: <dd>Where <a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content_21">flow content</a> is expected.</dd>
351: <dt>Content model:</dt>
352: <dd><a href="content-models.html#flow-content" id="flow-content_22">Flow content</a>.</dd>
353: <dt>Content attributes:</dt>
354: <dd><a href="elements.html#global-attributes" id="global-attributes_12">Global attributes</a></dd>
355: <dt>DOM interface:</dt>
356: <dd>Uses <code><a href="elements.html#htmlelement" id="htmlelement_19">HTMLElement</a></code>.</dd>
1.5 mike 357: </dl><p>The <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_4">article</a></code> element <a class="full-spec-link" href="http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/rendering.html#represents" title='Read about this "represents" reference in the full HTML5 spec.'>represents</a> a
1.1 mike 358: self-contained composition in a document, page, application, or site
359: and that is, in principle, independently distributable or reusable,
360: e.g. in syndication. This could be a forum post, a magazine or
361: newspaper article, a blog entry, a user-submitted comment, an
362: interactive widget or gadget, or any other independent item of
1.5 mike 363: content.<p>When <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_5">article</a></code> elements are nested, the inner
364: <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_6">article</a></code> elements represent articles that are in
1.1 mike 365: principle related to the contents of the outer article. For
366: instance, a blog entry on a site that accepts user-submitted
1.5 mike 367: comments could represent the comments as <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_7">article</a></code>
368: elements nested within the <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_8">article</a></code> element for the blog
369: entry.<p>Author information associated with an <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_9">article</a></code>
370: element (q.v. the <code><a href="the-address-element.html#the-address-element" id="address_2">address</a></code> element) does not apply to
371: nested <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_10">article</a></code> elements.<p class="note">When used specifically with content to be
372: redistributed in syndication, the <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_11">article</a></code> element is
1.1 mike 373: similar in purpose to the <code title="">entry</code> element in
374: Atom. <a href="references.html#refsATOM">[ATOM]</a>
375:
376: <p class="note">The <code><a href="the-time-element.html#the-time-element" id="time_3">time</a></code> element's <code title="attr-time-pubdate"><a href="the-time-element.html#attr-time-pubdate" id="pubdate">pubdate</a></code> attribute can be used to
1.5 mike 377: provide the publication date for an <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_12">article</a></code>
1.1 mike 378: element.<div class="example" id="article-example">
379:
1.5 mike 380: <p>This example shows a blog post using the <code><a href="#the-article-element" id="article_13">article</a></code>
1.1 mike 381: element:</p>
382:
383: <pre><article>
384: <header>
385: <h1>The Very First Rule of Life</h1>
386: <p><time pubdate datetime="2009-10-09T14:28-08:00"></time></p>
387: </header>
388: <p>If there's a microphone anywhere near you, assume it's hot and
389: sending whatever you're saying to the world. Seriously.</p>
390: <p><em>...</em></p>
391: <footer>
392: <a href="?comments=1">Show comments...</a>
393: </footer>
394: </article></pre>
395:
396: <p>Here is that same blog post, but showing some of the comments:</p>
397:
398: <pre><article>
399: <header>
400: <h1>The Very First Rule of Life</h1>
401: <p><time pubdate datetime="2009-10-09T14:28-08:00"></time></p>
402: </header>
403: <p>If there's a microphone anywhere near you, assume it's hot and
404: sending whatever you're saying to the world. Seriously.</p>
405: <p><em>...</em></p>
406: <section>
407: <h1>Comments</h1>
408: <article>
409: <footer>
410: <p>Posted by: George Washington</p>
411: <p><time pubdate datetime="2009-10-10T19:10-08:00"></time></p>
412: </footer>
413: <p>Yeah! Especially when talking about your lobbyist friends!</p>
414: </article>
415: <article>
416: <footer>
417: <p>Posted by: George Hammond</p>
418: <p><time pubdate datetime="2009-10-10T19:15-08:00"></time></p>
419: </footer>
420: <p>Hey, you have the same first name as me.</p>
421: </article>
422: </section>
423: </article></pre>
424:
1.5 mike 425: <p>Notice the use of <code><a href="the-footer-element.html#the-footer-element" id="footer_4">footer</a></code> to give the information
1.1 mike 426: for each comment (such as who wrote it and when): the
1.5 mike 427: <code><a href="the-footer-element.html#the-footer-element" id="footer_5">footer</a></code> element <em>can</em> appear at the start of its
1.1 mike 428: section when appropriate, such as in this case. (Using
1.5 mike 429: <code><a href="the-header-element.html#the-header-element" id="header_2">header</a></code> in this case wouldn't be wrong either; it's
1.1 mike 430: mostly a matter of authoring preference.)</p>
431:
432: </div>
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