New aside element

Issue: Justification for adding the "aside" element.

Details: aside represents a piece of content that is only slightly related to the rest of the page.

Note: The "aside" element is questioned.

Rationale: Why this Element Should be Added

1. Improves structure.
2. This element lets non-visual UAs indicate to the user that a given piece of text is not part of the main flow of thought. (Failure to indicate this could potentially be confusing.)
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• Re: the market hasn't spoken - it hasn't bothered to listened (was Re: fear of "invisible metadata") - Henri Sivonen (27 Jun 2007)