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<notes> Notes Section

A container element to hold the notes that may appear within the front matter (<front>) or in the rear matter (<back>) of a standards document or adoption document.

Usage/Remarks

The Notes Section (<notes>) is a section-like grouping of material that can be used in the front or back matter of a standard to hold normative or non-normative notes, groups of such notes (<notes-group>), normative or non-normative examples, or even paragraphs and sections of prose. Typical use is to hold normative and non-normative notes in the front matter (<front> or <adoption-front>) of a standards document.
Related Elements
This Tag Set contains several elements that are notes or may be used to group notes:
<normative-note>
A note with normative content that can be part of the narrative text or inside one of the notes grouping elements in the body text, front matter, or back matter of a standard or adoption.
<non-normative-note>
A note with non-normative content that can be part of the narrative text or inside one of the notes grouping elements in the body text, front matter, or back matter of a standard or adoption.
<notes>
A section containing notes that may appear in the front or back matter of a standard or adoption.
<notes-group>
A headed (titled) group of normative or non-normative notes and examples within the narrative body of a standard or adoption.
<meta-note>
A note within the metadata of a standards or adoption document, as opposed to the other note types that occur within the front matter, body, or back matter of a document.
Attributes
notes-type
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<adoption-front>, <back>, <front>
Description
The following, in order:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  notes        %notes-model;                                >
Expanded Content Model

(label?, title?, (address | alternatives | array | boxed-text | chem-struct-wrap | code | fig | fig-group | graphic | media | non-normative-note | normative-note | non-normative-example | normative-example | notes-group | preformat | supplementary-material | table-wrap | table-wrap-group | disp-formula | disp-formula-group | editing-instruction | def-list | list | tex-math | mml:math | p | related-article | related-object | disp-quote | speech | statement | verse-group | fn-group | glossary | ref-list)*, ((sec | term-sec)+, (fn-group | glossary | ref-list | non-normative-note | normative-note | non-normative-example | normative-example | notes-group)*)?)

Tagged Sample

Notes in the front matter

...
<front>
 <std-meta>...</std-meta>
 <notes>
  <p><bold>Notice and Disclaimer of Liability Concerning 
   the Use of IEEE Documents:</bold> IEEE Standards 
   documents are developed within the IEEE Societies and 
   the Standards Coordinating Committees of the IEEE 
   Standards Association (IEEE-SA) Standards Board. IEEE 
   develops its standards ...</p>
  ...
 </notes>
</front>
...
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