[html5] Why is nav sectioning content?

[Ian Hickson]

On Wed, 15 Jun 2011, Derek Johnson wrote:
>
> Why is nav sectioning content?

So that its heading, if any, only applies to its contents.

Consider:

   <section>
    <h1>Apples</h1>
    <nav>
     <h2>Navigation</h2>
     <a href="/">Home</a>
    </nav>
    <p>Is this part of the "navigtation" heading?</p>
   </section>

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