[whatwg] Footnotes

[Douglas Mayle]

I'm sorry to bring this up if the subject has been touched on before...

In perusing the HTML5 standard, I noticed that footnotes are still a  
redheaded stepchild in the draft.  Given how many workarounds and  
hacks are performed to create support for footnotes using standard  
elements, is there any reason why there isn't a dedicated mechanism  
for footnotes in HTML?

Thanks,
Douglas Mayle
The Open Planning Project