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+exports.readFootnotesXml = createReader("footnote");
+
+function createReader(noteType) {
+    function readNotesXml(xml) {
+        return xml.root.getElementsByTagName("w:" + noteType)
+            .filter(isFootnoteElement)
+            .map(readFootnoteElement);
+    }
+
+    function isFootnoteElement(element) {
+        var type = element.attributes["w:type"];
+        return type !== "continuationSeparator" && type !== "separator";
+    }
+
+    function readFootnoteElement(footnoteElement) {
+        var id = footnoteElement.attributes["w:id"];
+        var body = footnoteElement.children;
+        return {noteType: noteType, id: id, body: body};
+    }
+    
+    return readNotesXml;
+}