<refentry id="citation.element">
<?dbhtml filename="citation.html"?>
<refentryinfo>
<pubdate>$Date$</pubdate>
<releaseinfo>$Revision$</releaseinfo>
</refentryinfo>

<refmeta>
<indexterm><primary>elements</primary>
<secondary>citation</secondary></indexterm>
<refentrytitle>citation</refentrytitle>
<refmiscinfo>Element</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>citation</refname>
<refpurpose>&citation.purpose;</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>

&citation.synopsis.gen;
<refsect1 condition='ref.description'><title>Description</title>

<para>
The content of a <sgmltag>Citation</sgmltag> is assumed to be a reference string,
perhaps identical to an abbreviation in an entry in a <sgmltag>Bibliography</sgmltag>.
</para>

<refsect2><title>Processing expectations</title>
<para>
&format.inline;
</para>
</refsect2>

<refsect2 role='fu' revision="4.0"><title>&FutureChanges;</title>
<para>
<!--do not index this occurance-->
&fu.interfacedefinition;
</para>
</refsect2>


&citation.parents.gen;
&citation.children.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1 condition='ref.elem.seealso'><title>See Also</title>
&citation.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>

<informalexample role="example-source">
<programlisting>&citation.example.1.txt;</programlisting>
</informalexample>

<anchor id="ex.os.citation.1" role="HACK-ex.out.start"/>
&citation.example.1.gen;
<anchor id="ex.oe.citation.1" role="HACK-ex.out.end"/>

&citation.example.seealso.gen;
</refsect1>
</refentry>

