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Re: What should a <sidebar> look like?
On Wed, Dec 19, 2001 at 05:41:17AM -0800, M. Wroth wrote:
> I think there is more difference than layout, although it does depend on
> what the author is doing. <marginalnote>Marginal notes are not the same as
> footnotes</> A marginal note is typically a summary or key point, while a
> footnote is typically additional information (such as bibliographic
> reference). At least in that scheme, they are semantically
> different.<footnote>Purely personal opinion.</>
I'd rather say that those 2 layout options are used to render 2
variations of a "note" concept.
We could say for example that <footnote role="summary"> should be
rendered as marginalia, <footnote role="moreinfo"> as footnote, and
<footnote role="whatever"> as endnote.
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