[Bug 20984] New: Does header belong to its nearest ancestor sectioning content/root element?

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=20984

            Bug ID: 20984
           Summary: Does header belong to its nearest ancestor sectioning
                    content/root element?
    Classification: Unclassified
           Product: HTML WG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: All
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: HTML5 spec
          Assignee: dave.null@w3.org
          Reporter: res-html@untief.org
        QA Contact: public-html-bugzilla@w3.org
                CC: mike@w3.org, public-html-admin@w3.org,
                    public-html-wg-issue-tracking@w3.org

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

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Received on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 21:58:18 UTC