9260 2010-03-17 14:05:25 +0000 On one extreme, we have parentheses. On the other extreme, we have sidebars. But in the middle ground, we have footnotes. How should footnotes be handled if <aside> is not the right way to do it? 2010-10-04 14:57:11 +0000 1 1 1 Unclassified HTML WG pre-LC1 HTML5 spec (editor: Ian Hickson) unspecified Other other RESOLVED WORKSFORME http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-aside-element P3 normal LC 1 contributor ian ian mike public-html-admin public-html-wg-issue-tracking public-html-bugzilla oldest_to_newest 33648 0 contributor 2010-03-17 14:05:25 +0000 Section: http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#the-aside-element Comment: On one extreme, we have parentheses. On the other extreme, we have sidebars. But in the middle ground, we have footnotes. How should footnotes be handled if <aside> is not the right way to do it? Posted from: 89.143.223.18 33675 1 mike 2010-03-18 15:36:55 +0000 The spec in fact includes an example of how to mark up footnotes using <aside> : http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/interactive-elements.html#footnotes See the third example there 34260 2 ian 2010-03-31 20:12:39 +0000 EDITOR'S RESPONSE: This is an Editor's Response to your comment. If you are satisfied with this response, 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 Status: Accepted Change Description: no spec change Rationale: As Mike indicated, there's a whole section on how to do this.