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From: Shane Anderson
Date: Aug 3, 2016 11:21AM

Hi Joseph,

You wrote: "An <aside> is by definition considered separate from that
content...".

Your understanding of <aside> may not be correct. The spec states: "The
aside element represents a section of a page that consists of content that
is tangentially related to the content of the parenting sectioning content"
https://www.w3.org/TR/html/sections.html#the-aside-element

It is related content, not separate content.

You'll find more clarification here:
http://html5doctor.com/understanding-aside/

Please let me know if I'm misunderstanding your thought process.

Regards
Shane Anderson


On Wed, Aug 3, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Joseph Sherman < <EMAIL REMOVED> >
wrote:

> I just meant that it's outside the document main content. An <aside> is by
> definition considered separate from that content. So if you have a page
> like:
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> H1 Page Title
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> H2 Important Heading
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> H3 Less important heading
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> What level should be the first header in <footer> and <aside>? The
> Headings in the <footer> and <aside> aren't directly related to the content
> on the page, so you can't compare importance levels.
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> Joseph
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