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The definition of the footer element [1] makes clear that it belongs to "its nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element". For the header element [2] such a clarification is missing: > The header element represents a group of introductory or navigational aids. However, in the Note it refers to sections: > A header element is intended to usually contain the section's heading […] Is this difference intended? I thought that footer and header would differ only in what *kind* of content they should be used for. [1] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html#the-footer-element [2] http://www.w3.org/html/wg/drafts/html/master/sections.html#the-header-element
Refer to resolution of https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20550 *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 20550 ***