Footnotes

Overview

The purpose of the Footnotes sub-project is to implement a consistent, accessible way of handling footnotes across Government of Canada web sites. The main concept behind this solution is to place footnotes in a definition list, within a dedicated section. An example of this can be found in the Footnotes section. Supporting CSS is used to lay out the footnotes and hide navigational aids^{Footnote 1}.

Benefits

• Conforms to WCAG 2.0 AA^{Footnote 2}
• Progressive enhancement approach
• Support for Firefox, Opera, Safari, Chrome, and IE 7+^{Footnote 2}
• Support for English and French
• Configurable layout and design^{Footnote 2 Footnote 3}

Recommended usage

• Implementing footnotes in Web pages^{Footnote *}