17.11.10 footnote

This element specifies the content of a single footnote within a WordprocessingML document. Each footnote shall be represented by a single footnote element, which can contain any block-level content.

[Example: Consider a document with a single footnote, identified by a footnote element, defined in the footnotes part as follows:

<w:footnotes>
  <w:footnote w:id="2">
    <w:p>
      <w:pPr>
        <w:pStyle w:val="FootnoteText" />
      </w:pPr>
      <w:r>
        <w:rPr>
          <w:rStyle w:val="FootnoteReference" />
        </w:rPr>
        <w:footnoteRef />
      </w:r>
      <w:r>
        <w:t xml:space="preserve">This is a sample footnote</w:t>
      </w:r>
    </w:p>
  </w:footnote>
</w:footnotes>

This footnote contains an footnote reference mark, as well as the endnote text This is footnote. end example]

Attributes

id (Footnote/Endnote ID)

Specifies a unique ID that shall be used to match the contents of a footnote or endnote to the associated footnote/endnote reference mark in the document using the footnoteReference or endnoteReference element, as appropriate.

If this attribute is omitted, then this footnote or endnote shall have no ID. If more than one footnote shares the same ID, then this document shall be considered non- conformant. If more than one endnote shares the same ID, then this document shall be considered non-conformant.

[Example: Consider the following footnote as defined in the footnotes part:

  <w:footnotes>
    <w:footnote w:type="normal" w:id="0">
        …
    </w:footnote>
    …
  </w:footnotes>

The contents of this footnote are associated with the footnoteReference with a matching ID, as follows:

  <w:p>
    <w:r>
        <w:footnoteReference w:id="0" />
    </w:r>
  </w:p>

The resulting paragraph has a footnote reference mark which references the footnote number value of the footnote with an id of 0. end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_DecimalNumber simple type (17.18.10).

Specifies the type of footnote or endnote contained within the current footnote or endnote content definition.

type (Footnote/Endnote Type)

If this attribute is omitted, then it shall be considered to be of style normal. If a footnote or endnote is not of style normal, then it shall not be referenced by a footnoteReference or endnoteReference element within the main document story.

[Example: Consider the following example of a footnote defined in a WordprocessingML document as follows:

  <w:footnote w:type="continuationSeparator" w:id="1">
    <w:p>
        <w:r>
          <w:continuationSeparator />
        </w:r>
    </w:p>
  </w:footnote>

In this example, the footnote is of style continuationSeparator and must be used by a consumer to separate continued footnotes from the main document contents (see simple type for full details). end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_FtnEdn simple type (17.18.33).

[Note: The W3C XML Schema definition of this element’s content model (CT_FtnEdn) is located in A.1. end note]