Learning To Use HTML5 Semantic Elements

HTML5 has several new layers, including a new set of semantic tags. While there is still some debate about whether or not we should be using and styling these tags I think at the very least we should start learning them.
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Understanding HTML5 Content Models

Earlier this week we looked at the new text-level and structural semantic elements html5 provides. Today I want to continue and talk about content models in html5, specifically the new outline algorithm for creating hierarchy.
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How To Develop Using HTML5: Demo Part 1

To really understand the new html5 semantic elements you need to use them in practice. To do that I’ve created a demo of a typical blog post page. I want to share that demo and do my best to explain why I chose to structure the page as I have.
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How To Develop Using HTML5: Demo Part 2

The new semantic elements in html5 are fairly easy to understand, but to really become comfortable using them you need to actually use them in documents. To get myself started I created a demo page representing a typical blog post and developed it using html5.
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Why (And How) You Should Use HTML5 Microdata

Structured data is a way to communicate more information about your content to any machine or program capable of understanding the structure. It’s a way to give more semantic meaning to your content and data.
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