HTML5: the <main> element

Looks like we might see the <main> element become a part of HTML5 some time later.

A working draft of the W3C specification was published a few days ago. Note that the document states: "It is inappropriate to cite this document as other than work in progress."

The idea behind the element is to use it to mark the main (who would have thought) content section of a page.

No more <section id="main"></section>!

Usage

<body>
    <header></header>
    <nav></nav>
    <main role="main">
        ...
    </main>
    <footer></footer>
</body>

Notes

I, for one, would like to give an Internet hug to <main>. Having header, nav and footer but no special tag for the main section seriously bugged me. Come here, you!

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