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]