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@@ -3318,6 +3318,24 @@ <h3 id=spanning-columns><span class=secno>12.2. </span>Spanning columns</h3>
 </pre>
    <img alt="sample rendering" src=regions.png></div>
 
+  <p>Further, the ‘<code class=property>page</code>’ value is added to
+   ‘<code class=property>column-span</code>’ so that the page (and not
+   the column or element) becomes the reference.
+
+  <div class=example>
+   <p>In this example, the footer is floated to the bottom of the last page
+    (and not the bottom of the article element):
+
+   <pre>
+footer { float: bottom; colum-span: page }
+
+&lt;article>
+  ...
+  &lt;footer>...&lt;.footer>
+&lt;/article>
+</pre>
+  </div>
+
   <h3 id=deferring-floats-float-defer-column-floa><span class=secno>12.3.
    </span>Deferring floats: float-defer-column, float-defer-page</h3>
 
@@ -3778,7 +3796,49 @@ <h3 id=floating-inside-and-outside-pages><span class=secno>12.6.
    left/right?
 
   <p class=issue>Should there be a way to delete page floats that end up
-   lonesome on pages?
+   lonesome on pages? <!--
+
+<h3>Float reference</h3>
+
+<table class=propdef>
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Name:</em>
+      <td><dfn>float-reference</dfn>
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Value:</em>
+    <td>auto | page
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Initial:</em>
+      <td>auto
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Applies to:</em>
+      <td>floated elements
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Inherited:</em>
+      <td>no
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Percentages:</em>
+      <td>N/A
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Media:</em>
+      <td>visual, paged
+    <tr>
+      <td><em>Computed value:</em>
+      <td>as specified
+</table>
+
+<p>This property indicates the reference for page floats. Values are:
+
+<dl>
+<dt>auto
+<dd>the column or the element is the reference
+<dt>page
+<dd>the page is the reference
+</dl>
+
+<p class=issue>Should this be a value on 'column-span' instead? E.g.: 'column-span: page'?
+
+-->
 
   <h2 id=page-and-column-floats-alternative-synta><span class=secno>13.
    </span>Page and column floats, alternative syntax</h2>