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    <bug>
          <bug_id>7502</bug_id>
          
          <creation_ts>2009-09-04 23:41:50 +0000</creation_ts>
          <short_desc>The clarification that the footer can be used as a site-wide footer or a section footer is not inherently clear via the spec. I suggest specifically stating just that: use for a section or an entire site.</short_desc>
          <delta_ts>2010-10-04 14:28:41 +0000</delta_ts>
          <reporter_accessible>1</reporter_accessible>
          <cclist_accessible>1</cclist_accessible>
          <classification_id>1</classification_id>
          <classification>Unclassified</classification>
          <product>HTML WG</product>
          <component>pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson)</component>
          <version>unspecified</version>
          <rep_platform>All</rep_platform>
          <op_sys>All</op_sys>
          <bug_status>VERIFIED</bug_status>
          <resolution>FIXED</resolution>
          
          
          <bug_file_loc>http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-hgroup-element</bug_file_loc>
          <status_whiteboard></status_whiteboard>
          <keywords>NoReply</keywords>
          <priority>P3</priority>
          <bug_severity>normal</bug_severity>
          <target_milestone>LC</target_milestone>
          
          
          <everconfirmed>1</everconfirmed>
          <reporter>contributor</reporter>
          <assigned_to name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</assigned_to>
          <cc>mike</cc>
    
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    <commentid>26853</commentid>
    <comment_count>0</comment_count>
    <who name="">contributor</who>
    <bug_when>2009-09-04 23:41:50 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Section: http://whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-hgroup-element

Comment:
The clarification that the footer can be used as a site-wide footer or a section footer is not inherently clear via the spec. I suggest specifically stating just that: use for a section or an entire site.

Posted from: 76.18.206.164</thetext>
  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>27471</commentid>
    <comment_count>1</comment_count>
    <who name="Ian &apos;Hixie&apos; Hickson">ian</who>
    <bug_when>2009-09-22 01:35:25 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>I&apos;ve tried to improve the &lt;footer&gt; section. Let me know if you think it&apos;s still too vague or unclear.</thetext>
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    <commentid>27472</commentid>
    <comment_count>2</comment_count>
    <who name="">contributor</who>
    <bug_when>2009-09-22 01:38:39 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>Checked in as WHATWG revision r3954.
Check-in comment: Try to clarify &lt;footer&gt;.
http://html5.org/tools/web-apps-tracker?from=3953&amp;to=3954
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  </long_desc><long_desc isprivate="0" >
    <commentid>33392</commentid>
    <comment_count>3</comment_count>
    <who name="Maciej Stachowiak">mjs</who>
    <bug_when>2010-03-14 14:50:39 +0000</bug_when>
    <thetext>This bug predates the HTML Working Group Decision Policy.

If you are satisfied with the resolution of this bug, please change the state of this bug to CLOSED. If you have additional information and would like the editor to reconsider, please reopen this bug. If you would like to escalate the issue to the full HTML Working Group, please add the TrackerRequest keyword to this bug, and suggest title and text for the tracker issue; or you may create a tracker issue yourself, if you are able to do so. For more details, see this document:
  http://dev.w3.org/html5/decision-policy/decision-policy.html

This bug is now being moved to VERIFIED. Please respond within two weeks. If this bug is not closed, reopened or escalated within two weeks, it may be marked as NoReply and will no longer be considered a pending comment.
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