- From: Bruce Lawson <brucel@opera.com>
- Date: Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:24:17 +0100
Spec says "The nav element represents a section of a page that links to other pages or to parts within the page: a section with navigation links. Not all groups of links on a page need to be in a nav element ? only sections that consist of primary navigation blocks are appropriate for the nav element." http://www.whatwg.org/specs/web-apps/current-work/multipage/semantics.html#the-nav-element "Primary navigation blocks" is ambiguous, imo. A page may have two nav blocks; the first is site-wide naviagtion ("primary navigation") and within-page links, eg a table of contents which many would term "secondary nav". Because of the use of the phrase "primary navigation block" in the spec, a developer may think that her secondary nav should not use a <nav> element. Suggest rewording along the lines of "only sections that consist of blocks whose primary purpose is navigation around the page or within the site are appropriate for the nav element, so - for example - lists of links to sponsors/ advertisers would not be marked up as nav elements." -- Hang loose and stay groovy, Bruce Lawson Web Evangelist www.opera.com (work) www.brucelawson.co.uk (personal)
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