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The <footer> element represents a footer for its nearest ancestor sectioning content or sectioning root element.

A footer typically contains information about its section: author, links to related documents, copyright data, etc.

https://www.w3.org/html/wiki/Elements/footer

A <footer> element is one possible container for a <note>. It is not the note itself, need not contain any notes, nor need notes appear in footers.

The mapping is both inaccurate and ambiguous.



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