footnote
footnote — A footnote.
Synopsis
- One or more of:
annotationbridgeheadremarkrevhistory- Indexing inlines
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- Admonition elements
- Formal elements
- Graphic elements
- Informal elements
informalequationinformalexampleinformalfigureinformaltable(db.cals.informaltable)informaltable(db.html.informaltable)
- List elements
- Paragraph elements
- Publishing elements
- Synopsis elements
- Technical elements
- Verbatim elements
Additional Constraints
- footnote must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- example must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- figure must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- table must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- equation must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- indexterm must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- sidebar must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- task must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- epigraph must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- caution must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- important must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- note must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- tip must not occur in the descendants of footnote
- warning must not occur in the descendants of footnote
Description
This element is a wrapper around the contents of a footnote.
Additional references to the same footnote may be generated with
footnoteref.
Processing expectations
The footnote element usually generates a mark
(a superscript symbol or number) at the place in the flow of the
document in which it occurs. The body of the footnote is then
presented elsewhere, typically at the bottom of the page.
Alternative presentations are also possible. In print
environments that do not support footnotes at the bottom of the page,
they may be presented as endnotes occurring at the end of the
component that contains the footnote. Online
systems may choose to present them inline or as “pop
ups,” or links, or any combination thereof.
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Children
Examples
1 <article xmlns='http://docbook.org/ns/docbook'> 2 <title>Example footnote</title> 4 <para>An annual percentage rate (<abbrev>APR</abbrev>) of 13.9%<footnote> <para>The prime rate, as published in the <citetitle>Wall Street 6 Journal</citetitle> on the first business day of the month, plus 7.0%. 8 </para> </footnote> 10 will be charged on all balances carried forward. </para> 12 </article>
An annual percentage rate (APR) of 13.9%[3] will be charged on all balances carried forward.
[3]The prime rate, as published in the Wall Street Journal on the first business day of the month, plus 7.0%.