cite

One source the internote draws on, declared beside the scenes.

citeNodeExplained in Citations

#Attributes

authorsRequired

The authors as they are cited, printed in the reference list exactly as written: Fellegi, I. P. and Sunter, A. B. Not a semicolon between two names — that ends the attribute.

string

Also written: author

year

The year of publication. Written text, not a number: n.d., in press and 2019a are all years a bibliography carries.

string

titleRequired

The work's own title.

string

container

What the work appeared in — a journal, a book, a conference. Set in italic in the reference list.

string

Also written: journal

publisher

The publishing body, for a book or a report.

string

pages

Volume, issue and page range as one written locator: 64(328), 1183–1210.

string

Also written: volume

doi

The DOI, bare or as doi:…. Rendered as a link through doi.org.

string

url

Where the work is, for a source with no DOI. Used only when doi is absent.

string

Also written: link

#Examples

cite#fs1969(
    authors: Fellegi, I. P. and Sunter, A. B.
    year: 1969
    title: A theory for record linkage
    container: Journal of the American Statistical Association
    pages: 64(328), 1183–1210
    doi: 10.1080/01621459.1969.10501049
)

cite#tufte2001(
    authors: Tufte, E. R.
    year: 2001
    title: The visual display of quantitative information
    publisher: Graphics Press
)

#Notes

It is written before or after the scenes, and its identifier is on the head: cite#fs1969(…).
It renders nothing where it is written: the reference list in the internote's drawer is built from every cite.
The reference list is numbered in the order the prose first cites the sources. Sources nothing cites are listed after the rest, under Not cited in the text.
!cite:#id() in prose points at one.

#Writing guidance

Checking a document's claims — Every other number worked out, every output quoted from a run, every dataset read and attached whole, every external fact checked and cited, or cut.

Last updated 16 October 2026

cite

One source the internote draws on, declared beside the scenes.

citeNodeExplained in Citations

Also a micronode →

#Attributes

authorsRequired

The authors as they are cited, printed in the reference list exactly as written: Fellegi, I. P. and Sunter, A. B. Not a semicolon between two names — that ends the attribute.

string

Also written: author

year

The year of publication. Written text, not a number: n.d., in press and 2019a are all years a bibliography carries.

string

titleRequired

The work's own title.

string

container

What the work appeared in — a journal, a book, a conference. Set in italic in the reference list.

string

Also written: journal

publisher

The publishing body, for a book or a report.

string

pages

Volume, issue and page range as one written locator: 64(328), 1183–1210.

string

Also written: volume

doi

The DOI, bare or as doi:…. Rendered as a link through doi.org.

string

url

Where the work is, for a source with no DOI. Used only when doi is absent.

string

Also written: link

#Examples

cite#fs1969(
    authors: Fellegi, I. P. and Sunter, A. B.
    year: 1969
    title: A theory for record linkage
    container: Journal of the American Statistical Association
    pages: 64(328), 1183–1210
    doi: 10.1080/01621459.1969.10501049
)

cite#tufte2001(
    authors: Tufte, E. R.
    year: 2001
    title: The visual display of quantitative information
    publisher: Graphics Press
)

#Notes

It is written before or after the scenes, and its identifier is on the head: cite#fs1969(…).
It renders nothing where it is written: the reference list in the internote's drawer is built from every cite.
The reference list is numbered in the order the prose first cites the sources. Sources nothing cites are listed after the rest, under Not cited in the text.
!cite:#id() in prose points at one.

#Writing guidance

Checking a document's claims — Every other number worked out, every output quoted from a run, every dataset read and attached whole, every external fact checked and cited, or cut.

Last updated 16 October 2026