Footnotes to decisions

Capture footnotes outside the normal flow of text, in noteGroup elements. In a note element with attribute type="footnote".

xrefGrp[@role='footnote']/xref

noteGroup/note[@type='footnote']

Capture the identifying number, letter, or symbol inside an enumerator element in the note, and inside an xref element in the main text. Wrap the xref element in an xrefGrp element with attribute role="footnote".

Number all notes in case reports and capture them as footnotes.

Where a paragraph of text describing (for example) the languages of the document follows the main text of the report, do not capture these as notes. Capture them as paragraphs within the judgment element. These paragraphs may be preceded by an asterisk character * but are differentiated from footnotes by the lack of a corresponding * cross reference in the judgment text.

Place the footnote elements as follows:

Place a noteGroup element at each div level (div[1-7,N] element) where references to it occur.
If all references to the note occur within one div, place the noteGroup near the end of that div.
If references to a single note occur within multiple divs, or within divs at multiple levels of the hierarchy, place the noteGroup near the end of the div level which is the lowest common ancestor of every div containing the references.

The rules for placement are the same as for floatGroup children.

Example


      <div1>
        <div2><p>
                     <enumerator>1.1.02</enumerator>In previous Companies Acts the definition appeared
            towards the end of the statute,<xrefGrp>
                         <xref ref="law-9780199211746-note-1">
                             <su>1</su>
                         </xref>
                     </xrefGrp> but it does seem more helpful to commence the
            legislation in this way.</p>
        </div2>
        <div2><p>... see also note<xrefGrp role="footote">
                         <xref ref="law-9780199211746-note-1">
                             <su>1</su>
                         </xref>
                     </xrefGrp>
                 </p>
        </div2>
        <noteGroup><note id="law-9780199211746-note-1" type="footnote">
 <p>
                         <enumerator>
                             <su>1</su>
                         </enumerator>Eg, s 735 in the 1985 Act.</p></note>
        </noteGroup>
      </div1>