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<header><h1><article>: The Article Contents element</h1></header><div class="section-content"><p>The <code><article></code> <a href="../index">HTML</a> element represents a self-contained composition in a document, page, application, or site, which is intended to be independently distributable or reusable (e.g., in syndication). Examples include: a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, or a blog entry, a product card, a user-submitted comment, an interactive widget or gadget, or any other independent item of content.</p></div>
<h2 id="try_it">Try it</h2>
<div class="section-content">
<iframe class="interactive is-tabbed-standard-height" height="200" src="https://interactive-examples.mdn.mozilla.net/pages/tabbed/article.html" title="MDN Web Docs Interactive Example" loading="lazy"></iframe> <p>A given document can have multiple articles in it; for example, on a blog that shows the text of each article one after another as the reader scrolls, each post would be contained in an <code><article></code> element, possibly with one or more <code><section></code>s within.</p> <figure class="table-container"><div class="_table"><table class="properties"> <tbody> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="../content_categories">Content categories</a></th> <td> <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>, <a href="../content_categories#sectioning_content">sectioning content</a>, <a href="../content_categories#palpable_content">palpable content</a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted content</th> <td>
<a href="../content_categories#flow_content">Flow content</a>.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Tag omission</th> <td>None, both the starting and ending tag are mandatory.</td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted parents</th> <td> Any element that accepts <a href="../content_categories#flow_content">flow content</a>. Note that an <code><article></code> element must not be a descendant of an <a href="address"><code><address></code></a> element. </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Implicit ARIA role</th> <td><code><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/article_role">article</a></code></td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Permitted ARIA roles</th> <td> <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/application_role"><code>application</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/document_role"><code>document</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/feed_role"><code>feed</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/main_role"><code>main</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/none_role"><code>none</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/presentation_role"><code>presentation</code></a>, <a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Accessibility/ARIA/Roles/region_role"><code>region</code></a> </td> </tr> <tr> <th scope="row">DOM interface</th> <td><a href="https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/HTMLElement"><code>HTMLElement</code></a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></div></figure>
</div>
<h2 id="attributes">Attributes</h2>
<div class="section-content"><p>This element only includes the <a href="../global_attributes">global attributes</a>.</p></div>
<h2 id="usage_notes">Usage notes</h2>
<div class="section-content"><ul> <li>Each <code><article></code> should be identified, typically by including a heading (<a href="heading_elements"><code><h1></code> - <code><h6></code></a> element) as a child of the <code><article></code> element.</li> <li>When an <code><article></code> element is nested, the inner element represents an article related to the outer element. For example, the comments of a blog post can be <code><article></code> elements nested in the <code><article></code> representing the blog post.</li> <li>Author information of an <code><article></code> element can be provided through the <a href="address"><code><address></code></a> element, but it doesn't apply to nested <code><article></code> elements.</li> <li>The publication date and time of an <code><article></code> element can be described using the <a href="time#datetime"><code>datetime</code></a> attribute of a <a href="time"><code><time></code></a> element.</li> </ul></div>
<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<div class="section-content"><div class="code-example">
<p class="example-header"><span class="language-name">html</span></p>
<pre data-signature="vNOmQ8f+S5cgrfrDUuO1OpmTWH1C8HA5WSh/JnlFC4E=" data-language="html"><span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>article</span> <span class="token attr-name">class</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>film_review<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>h2</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Jurassic Park<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>h2</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>section</span> <span class="token attr-name">class</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>main_review<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>h3</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Review<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>h3</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Dinos were great!<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>section</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>section</span> <span class="token attr-name">class</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>user_reviews<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>h3</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>User reviews<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>h3</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>article</span> <span class="token attr-name">class</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>user_review<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>h4</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Too scary!<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>h4</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Way too scary for me.<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
Posted on
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>time</span> <span class="token attr-name">datetime</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>2015-05-16 19:00<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>May 16<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
by Lisa.
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>article</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>article</span> <span class="token attr-name">class</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>user_review<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>h4</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>Love the dinos!<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>h4</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>I agree, dinos are my favorite.<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
Posted on
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>time</span> <span class="token attr-name">datetime</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>2015-05-17 19:00<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>May 17<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
by Tom.
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>article</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>section</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
Posted on
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"><</span>time</span> <span class="token attr-name">datetime</span><span class="token attr-value"><span class="token punctuation attr-equals">=</span><span class="token punctuation">"</span>2015-05-15 19:00<span class="token punctuation">"</span></span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>May 15<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>time</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
by Staff.
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>p</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>footer</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
<span class="token tag"><span class="token tag"><span class="token punctuation"></</span>article</span><span class="token punctuation">></span></span>
</pre>
</div></div>
<h2 id="result">Result</h2>
<div class="section-content"><div class="code-example" id="sect1">
<iframe class="sample-code-frame" title="Examples sample" id="frame_examples" src="https://live.mdnplay.dev/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/Element/article/runner.html?id=examples" loading="lazy"></iframe>
</div></div>
<h2 id="specifications">Specifications</h2>
<div class="_table"><table class="standard-table">
<thead><tr><th scope="col">Specification</th></tr></thead>
<tbody><tr><td><a href="https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/sections.html#the-article-element">HTML Standard <br><small># the-article-element</small></a></td></tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<div class="_table"><table>
<thead>
<tr id="bct-browser-type">
<th></th>
<th colspan="6">Desktop</th>
<th colspan="6">Mobile</th>
</tr>
<tr id="bct-browsers">
<th></th>
<th>Chrome</th>
<th>Edge</th>
<th>Firefox</th>
<th>Internet Explorer</th>
<th>Opera</th>
<th>Safari</th>
<th>WebView Android</th>
<th>Chrome Android</th>
<th>Firefox for Android</th>
<th>Opera Android</th>
<th>Safari on IOS</th>
<th>Samsung Internet</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody><tr>
<th><code>article</code></th>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">5</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">12</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">9</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">11.1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">5</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">18</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">11.1</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">4.2</td>
<td class="bc-supports-yes">1.0</td>
</tr></tbody>
</table></div>
<h2 id="see_also">See also</h2>
<div class="section-content"><ul> <li>Other section-related elements: <a href="body"><code><body></code></a>, <a href="nav"><code><nav></code></a>, <a href="section"><code><section></code></a>, <a href="aside"><code><aside></code></a>, <a href="heading_elements">h1</a>, <a href="heading_elements">h2</a>, <a href="heading_elements">h3</a>, <a href="heading_elements">h4</a>, <a href="heading_elements">h5</a>, <a href="heading_elements">h6</a>, <a href="hgroup"><code><hgroup></code></a>, <a href="header"><code><header></code></a>, <a href="footer"><code><footer></code></a>, <a href="address"><code><address></code></a>
</li> <li><a href="heading_elements">Using HTML sections and outlines</a></li> </ul></div><div class="_attribution">
<p class="_attribution-p">
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