Below are the New Markup Elements added in HTML5
Tag Description
<article>
Specifies independent, self-contained content, could be a news-article, blog post, forum post, or other articles which can be distributed independently from the rest of the site.
<aside>
For content aside from the content it is placed in. The aside content should be related to the surrounding content
<bdi>
For text that should not be bound to the text-direction of its parent elements
<command>
A button, or a radiobutton, or a checkbox
<details>
For describing details about a document, or parts of a document
<summary>
A caption, or summary, inside the details element
<figure>
For grouping a section of stand-alone content, could be a video
<figcaption>
The caption of the figure section
<footer>
For a footer of a document or section, could include the name of the author, the date of the document, contact information, or copyright information
<header>
For an introduction of a document or section, could include navigation
<hgroup>
For a section of headings, using <h1>
to <h6>
, where the largest is the main heading of the section, and the others are sub-headings
<mark>
For text that should be highlighted
<meter>
For a measurement, used only if the maximum and minimum values are known
<nav>
For a section of navigation
<progress>
The state of a work in progress
<ruby>
For ruby annotation (Chinese notes or characters)
<rt>
For explanation of the ruby annotation
<rp>
What to show browsers that do not support the ruby element
<section>
For a section in a document. Such as chapters, headers, footers, or any other sections of the document
<time>
For defining a time or a date, or both
<wbr>
Word break. For defining a line-break opportunity.