The nav tag
The nav tag is designed to create the main menu on an HTML page:
<div id="wrapper">
<header>
<nav>
<a href="">item 1</a>
<a href="">item 2</a>
<a href="">item 3</a>
</nav>
</header>
<main>
...
</main>
<aside>
...
</aside>
<footer>
...
</footer>
</div>
