WAI Landmark Roles

Landmark roles are regions of the page intended as navigational landmarks. They include the following:

• application - A region declared as a web application, as opposed to a web document. Returns control of input events to the browser and indicates that the content of the section may be dynamically updated.
• banner - A region that contains mostly site-oriented content, rather than page-specific content. Typically the site's masthead.
• complementary - A supporting section of the document, designed to be complementary to the main content at a similar level in the DOM hierarchy, but remains meaningful when separated from the main content. Typically sidebar content.
• contentinfo - A large perceivable region that contains information about the parent document, such metadata or copyright information. Often applied to the footer.
• form - A form or collection of elements that acts a form.
• main - The main content of a document.
• navigation - A collection of navigational elements (usually links) for navigating the document or related documents.
• search - A search form or collection of elements that provide search functionality.