First we have a simple citation . As we don't use the renderas attribute we expect this to be rendered as a full citation. Next we have a sentence that contains a quote with a page number attached . Now we make use of the rendereras attribute. According to this is going to work somehow. Here we have an extreme case, that is nevertheless fairly common. In the author-date in-text style, we want output rendering something like (1999; see also Smith 2000; Doe 2002). In essence, the first reference is the primary reference, while the two following the "see also" caption are grouped at a second order. The only way to properly code this structurally is to include a citation within another citation .

We also want to be able to embed citations within the quote, blockquote, and epigraph elements. For example, According to Jane Doe, the earth is flat