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Re: Proper way to markup citations and detailed image alttext?

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From: Patrick Burke
Date: Jan 16, 2009 12:30PM

At 11:07 AM 1/16/2009, Dean Hamack wrote:
>But what about the issue of citations? I need to have little numbers next to
>facts that jump to their sources via anchor links. Any ideas on the best way
>to do that?
>
>Dean Hamack

As a screen reader user, I think the Wikipedia method is fine. As
long as you have a reverse anchor back to the original point in the text.

A separate Footnotes page (with anchors pointing directly to the
relevant note) might be a little bit handier.

Patrick
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