2012/4/26 Benjamin Hawkes-Lewis <bhawkesle...@googlemail.com>: > > On Apr 26, 2012 5:39 PM, "Tab Atkins Jr." <jackalm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> according to the definition of >> <footer>, it appears that authorship information is most appropriate >> to put there. But sometimes the byline is placed inside the "header" >> area, which is reasonably marked up with a <header>. > > Isn't that use case addressed by <address>?
No. <address> is much narrower and indicated in the spec as such. Bylines can also contain the date or, in blog post, links to tags.