- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2007 06:41:29 +0000 (UTC)
On Tue, 24 Apr 2007, Elliotte Harold wrote: > > Is the details element a generalization of footnotes/endnotes? For > instance would it be appropriate to render a details element as a > footnote or endnote? Would it be appropriate to encode a footnote or > endnote as a details element in which the footnote marker was the > legend? On Wed, 25 Apr 2007, Henri Sivonen wrote: > > My understanding is that its purpose is to mark up parts of application > UI that are behind a disclosure triangle. > > Footnotes, on the other hand, are visible by default. Henri's understanding is what I originally intended. Is there something in the spec that suggests otherwise? Should I explicitly say that footnotes and endnotes shouldn't be marked up using <details>? -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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