The article tag (<article>) represents an independent component of a document, page or website which is distributable and reusable. Sources of HTML5 article element could be blog post, forum post, news story, user submitted comment etc. The article element generally contains a heading (usually within header element), the paragraph tag (<p>) and sometimes footer tag.

Important point need to be remembered:

HTML5 article element is supported by latest versions of all web browsers. Internet Explorer 8 or earlier versions of Internet Explorer do not support article element.

There are some HTML5 article tag examples given below:

Simple example of the article tag

<article>
   <h1>This is the heading of the article</h1>
   <p>The content of the article</p>
</article>

More structured example of article tag

<article>
   <header>
      <h1>This is the heading of the article</h1>
      <p>Written By: S Ghosh</p>
   </header>
   <p>More content ....</p>
   <footer>
      <p><small>Footer content</small></p>
   </footer>
</article>