diff --git a/src/context/footnote_reference.rs b/src/context/footnote_reference.rs
index 300517e..11d1622 100644
--- a/src/context/footnote_reference.rs
+++ b/src/context/footnote_reference.rs
@@ -9,15 +9,23 @@ use crate::intermediate::IFootnoteReference;
 #[derive(Debug, Serialize)]
 #[serde(tag = "type")]
 #[serde(rename = "footnote_reference")]
-pub(crate) struct RenderFootnoteReference {}
+pub(crate) struct RenderFootnoteReference {
+    reference_id: String,
+    definition_link: String,
+    label: String,
+}
 
 impl RenderFootnoteReference {
     pub(crate) fn new(
         config: &Config,
         output_directory: &Path,
         output_file: &Path,
-        comment: &IFootnoteReference,
+        original: &IFootnoteReference,
     ) -> Result<RenderFootnoteReference, CustomError> {
-        Ok(RenderFootnoteReference {})
+        Ok(RenderFootnoteReference {
+            reference_id: original.get_reference_id(),
+            definition_link: format!("#{}", original.get_definition_id()),
+            label: original.get_display_label(),
+        })
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/intermediate/footnote_reference.rs b/src/intermediate/footnote_reference.rs
index 1ca4575..e5686c2 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/footnote_reference.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/footnote_reference.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use super::registry::Registry;
 #[derive(Debug)]
 pub(crate) struct IFootnoteReference {
     footnote_id: usize,
+    duplicate_offset: usize,
 }
 
 impl IFootnoteReference {
@@ -13,6 +14,33 @@ impl IFootnoteReference {
         original: &'intermediate organic::types::FootnoteReference<'parse>,
     ) -> Result<IFootnoteReference, CustomError> {
         let footnote_id = registry.get_footnote_reference_id(original.label, &original.definition);
-        Ok(IFootnoteReference { footnote_id })
+        Ok(IFootnoteReference {
+            footnote_id,
+            duplicate_offset: 0, // TODO
+        })
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn get_display_label(&self) -> String {
+        format!("{}", self.footnote_id + 1)
+    }
+
+    /// Get an ID to refer to this footnote reference.
+    ///
+    /// This ID could, for example, be used for the id attribute in HTML for the reference anchor tag.
+    pub(crate) fn get_reference_id(&self) -> String {
+        if self.duplicate_offset == 0 {
+            format!("fnr.{}", self.get_display_label())
+        } else {
+            // Org-mode makes all duplicates use "100" but I figure there is no harm in giving each a unique ID.
+            let append = 100 + self.duplicate_offset;
+            format!("fnr.{}.{}", self.get_display_label(), append)
+        }
+    }
+
+    /// Get an ID to refer to the footnote definition this footnote reference references.
+    ///
+    /// This ID could, for example, be used for the id attribute in HTML for the definition anchor tag.
+    pub(crate) fn get_definition_id(&self) -> String {
+        format!("fn.{}", self.get_display_label())
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/intermediate/registry.rs b/src/intermediate/registry.rs
index 70bb158..a56cbc6 100644
--- a/src/intermediate/registry.rs
+++ b/src/intermediate/registry.rs
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ impl<'intermediate, 'parse> Registry<'intermediate, 'parse> {
             // If it has no label then it must always get a new ID.
             self.footnote_ids
                 .push((None, FootnoteDefinitionContents::FromReference(definition)));
-            return self.footnote_ids.len();
+            return self.footnote_ids.len() - 1;
         }
 
         if let Some(existing_id) = self
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ impl<'intermediate, 'parse> Registry<'intermediate, 'parse> {
         } else {
             self.footnote_ids
                 .push((label, FootnoteDefinitionContents::FromReference(definition)));
-            self.footnote_ids.len()
+            self.footnote_ids.len() - 1
         }
     }