- From: Jonas Jørgensen <jonasj@jonasj.dk>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:51:57 +0100
- To: www-html@w3.org
Alexander Savenkov wrote: >>I hereby propose for inclusion in XHTML 2.0 a <footnote> element for >>marking up footnotes. > > First of all, have a look at the CSS3 Lists Module [1]. Why? Styling can't replace a semantic element. >>With a <footnote> element, the above example would become: > >><p>There exists no element for marking up footnotes<footnote>A footnote >>is a note of reference or comment at the foot of a page.</footnote> in >>the current XHTML 2.0 draft.</p> > > Check it out: > <p>There exists no element for marking up footnotes (a footnote > is a note of reference or comment at the foot of a page) in > the current XHTML 2.0 draft.</p> > Magic! Brackets are what you need. It is often more appropriate to place the footnote outside of the paragraph itself. (Otherwise footnotes wouldn't exist in the first place.) > Otherwise you should have looked at > the <cite> element which if properly used does everything you need. "CITE: Contains a citation or a reference to other sources." Please explain why you think all footnotes are citations or references to other sources. /Jonas
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