article

An article is a top level document. It contains header information and may indirectly include most other element types.

Definition

article:: (header, front?, back?, body)

At a minimum, an <article> must contain one <header> which contains the meta data for the article, and a <body> element which contains the story text of the article.

The <front> and <back> matter of the article are optional.

Example

  <article>
    <header>
      <title>An Article</title>
      <tagline>Yagsbook</tagline>
      <summary>
        An example article which a short summary.
      </summary>
 
      <author>
        <fullname>Samuel Penn</fullname>
        <email>sam@glendale.org.uk</email>
      </author>
 
      <cvsinfo/>
      <license/>
    </header>
 
    <front/>
    <back/>
 
    <body>
      <sect1>
        <title>First Section</title>
 
        <para>
          A single paragraph.
        </para>
      </sect1>
    </body>
  </article>