[whatwg] Add 'type' attribute to <mark>

[Ian Hickson]

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008, Pentasis wrote:
> 
> Anyway, following some discussions on the web regarding footnotes/side 
> notes I have found that there is a need for some form of element to mark 
> these up. The most commonly accepted element at the moment seems to be 
> to use the <small> element. But this is clearly a wrong use of 
> semantics.

The spec already describes how to do footnotes:

   http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/#footnotes


> As the <mark> element has different usages defined on it already why not 
> include a "type" attribute (or similar) that defines what it is used 
> for. One of these types would then be "footnote", others could be 
> (relating to what is already in the spec) "term", "highlight" etc. (I am 
> sure others would be much better at thinking up names than I am).

That's what the "class" attribute is for.

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