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aside element | aside object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Represents content that is tangentially related to the other content of a document, and which could be considered separately.

Standards information

There are no standards that apply here.

HTML information

Closing Tag	required
CSS Display	block

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

Node

aside

Element

aside

Remarks

Windows Internet Explorer 9. The aside element is only supported for webpages displayed in IE9 Standards mode. For more information, see Defining Document Compatibility.

Examples

The following example shows how an aside is used to mark up background material on Switzerland in a much longer news story on Europe.

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<aside>
 <h1>Switzerland</h1>
 <p>Switzerland, a land-locked country in the middle of geographic
 Europe, has not joined the geopolitical European Union, though it is
 a signatory to a number of European treaties.</p>
</aside>