Can I use HTML 5 <nav> for footer links , which is not a primary navigation?

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Jitendra Vyas picture Jitendra Vyas · Oct 4, 2010 · Viewed 8.5k times · Source

Can I use HTML 5 <nav> for footer links, which is not a primary navigation? Or should it be used once in a page?

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Quentin picture Quentin · Oct 4, 2010

Not all groups of links on a page need to be in a nav element — only sections that consist of major navigation blocks are appropriate for the nav element. In particular, it is common for footers to have a short list of links to various pages of a site, such as the terms of service, the home page, and a copyright page. The footer element alone is sufficient for such cases, without a nav element.

— http://www.w3.org/TR/html5/sections.html#the-nav-element

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