Mark Element Tutorial

<mark>

Introductory Text

The mark element represents content in one document marked or highlighted for reference purposes, due to its relevance in another context.

Start tag:
<mark>
End tag:
</mark>

Use Examples

Example [Basic]:

HTML 5: A vocabulary and associated APIs for HTML and XHTML makes this odd statement: Implementors should be aware that this specification is not <mark>stable</mark>.

Code: [HTML]:

<p><cite><abbr>HTML</abbr> 5: A vocabulary and associated <abbr>APIs</abbr> for <abbr>HTML</abbr> and <abbr>XHTML</abbr></cite> makes this odd statement: <q>Implementors should be aware that this specification is not <mark>stable</mark>.</q></p>

Example [Highlighting Content]:

Sublimial Eddie Izzard references are often found in text.

The quote, as attributed to Antoinette, was claimed to have been uttered during one of the famines that occured in France during the reign of her and her husband, Louis XVI. Upon being alerted that her people were suffering due to widespread bread shortages, she is said to have replied, “Then let them eat cake.“ This type of callousness on the part of the monarchy is often referred to when studying the possible factors that may have led to the French Revolution.

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The lack of supervision also resulted in a sub-par education in many regards, and she could barely read or write properly in her native German by the time she was twelve.

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At the death of King Louis XV, in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, and Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and Navarre.

Code: [HTML]:

<p>Sublimial Eddie Izzard references are often found in text.</p>

<p><q cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Let_Them_Eat_Cake">The quote, as »
attributed to Antoinette, was claimed to have been uttered during one of the »
famines that occured in France during the reign of her and her husband, Louis XVI. »
Upon being alerted that her people were suffering due to widespread bread »
shortages, she is said to have replied, “Then let them eat <mark class="mediumHighlight">cake »
</mark>.“ This type of callousness on the part of the monarchy is »
often referred to when studying the possible factors that may have led to »
the French Revolution.</q></p>

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<p><q cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette">The lack of supervision »
also resulted in a sub-par education in many regards, and she could barely read »
<mark class="mediumHighlight">or</mark> write properly in her native »
German by the time she was twelve.</q></p>

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<p><q cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Antoinette">At the <mark class="mediumHighlight"> »
death</mark> of King Louis XV, in May 1774, her husband ascended the French throne as Louis XVI, »
and Marie Antoinette assumed the title of Queen of France and Navarre.</q></p>

Content Model/Assigned Attributes

Element-Type:
Text-Level [HTML 4.01]
Phrasing Content [HTML 5]
Attributes:

</mark>