An HTML Extension to support notes and note references
This document is in active development. Requirements have been created by various groups such as W3C DPub, the W3C HTML Accessibility Task Force, the W3C ARIA Working Group, the W3C Accessible Platform Architecture group, and others.
The basic concept of this HTML extension is that there should be a relatively easy way to create a reference within a document that dereferences to a note (footnote, endnote, sidenote). The notes should be semantically rich, so that user agents can intelligently make them available to the reader of the document. This includes exposing the information to accessible technologies (ATs) in a way that can be easily navigated and understood by AT users.
This work does not yet have a home within the W3C. Once the authors and contributors have consensus on basic functionality, they will work to socialize the proposal with relevant groups.