[html5] r2102 - [e] (0) <details> is not for footnotes. (credit: hs)

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Thu Aug 21 23:05:18 PDT 2008


Author: ianh
Date: 2008-08-21 23:05:16 -0700 (Thu, 21 Aug 2008)
New Revision: 2102

Modified:
   index
   source
Log:
[e] (0) <details> is not for footnotes. (credit: hs)

Modified: index
===================================================================
--- index	2008-08-22 00:48:16 UTC (rev 2101)
+++ index	2008-08-22 06:05:16 UTC (rev 2102)
@@ -27244,6 +27244,10 @@
   <p>The <code><a href="#details">details</a></code> element represents
    additional information or controls which the user can obtain on demand.
 
+  <p class=note>The <code><a href="#details">details</a></code> element is
+   not appropriate for footnotes. Please see <a href="#footnotes">the section
+   on footnotes</a> for details on how to mark up footnotes.
+
   <p>The first element child of a <code><a href="#details">details</a></code>
    element, if it is a <code><a href="#legend">legend</a></code> element,
    represents the summary of the details.

Modified: source
===================================================================
--- source	2008-08-22 00:48:16 UTC (rev 2101)
+++ source	2008-08-22 06:05:16 UTC (rev 2102)
@@ -12947,7 +12947,7 @@
   to bring the related ones closer together. -->
 
 
-  <h4>Footnotes</h4>
+  <h4 id="footnotes">Footnotes</h4>
 
   <p>HTML does not have a dedicated mechanism for marking up
   footnotes. Here are the recommended alternatives.</p>
@@ -24647,6 +24647,10 @@
   <p>The <code>details</code> element represents additional
   information or controls which the user can obtain on demand.</p>
 
+  <p class="note">The <code>details</code> element is not appropriate
+  for footnotes. Please see <a href="#footnotes">the section on
+  footnotes</a> for details on how to mark up footnotes.</p>
+
   <p>The first element child of a <code>details</code> element, if it
   is a <code>legend</code> element, represents the summary of the
   details.</p>




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