Semantics

A section whose content represents additional information or parenthetical context to the primary content it supplements.

Additional info from the ARIA specification

A note is content provided by the author of the page or document, it is not to be used for providing reactions or suggestions. For these purposes, please review comment and suggestion.

When used within the normal flow of a page's content, a note has an implicit association with the content that it supplements. The following example demonstrates using a note to call out additional information in the natural reading order of a page:

Abstract Role

  • StructureRepresents a non-interactive part of a page that organizes content into coherent units.

Content Categories

  • Flow ContentAn element that structures and organizes the body of a web document.

Allowed Descendants

Flow Children Allowed

No main element descendants allowed.

Usage

Allowed HTML elements

Implicit semantics

  • None

Explicitly allowed

  • aside[role=note]

Elements that can have any role

  • abbr[role=note]
  • address[role=note]
  • b[role=note]
  • blockquote[role=note]
  • canvas[role=note]
  • cite[role=note]
  • code[role=note]
  • custom-element[role=note]
  • data[role=note]
  • del[role=note]
  • dfn[role=note]
  • div[role=note]
  • em[role=note]
  • figure[role=note]
  • i[role=note]
  • ins[role=note]
  • kbd[role=note]
  • mark[role=note]
  • output[role=note]
  • p[role=note]
  • pre[role=note]
  • q[role=note]
  • samp[role=note]
  • small[role=note]
  • span[role=note]
  • table[role=note]
  • tbody[role=note]
  • tfoot[role=note]
  • thead[role=note]
  • time[role=note]
  • u[role=note]
  • var[role=note]