title: Html5 section or not to section?
body: <p>I'm learning about HTML5, and honestly I can't say I'm really impressed. Semantics are nice and all, but I think that they introduced new elements with a very thin line between them, and a even thinner line between them and the <em>old divs</em>.</p>
  
  <p>Everything is very clear if you do a <em>generic purpose</em> site, like a blogging engine, news publishing portal, and similar, but web apps... I'm having a lot of dilemmas about new html elements.</p>
  
  <p>Here is my situation. I'm developing an ordering system. On the sellers interface I have 3 columns (inline), which represent the status of the order. When the status is changed element is moved from one column into another (background ajax, and js manipulation).</p>
  
  <p>In Html4 I would use 3 divs and put a heading with a title on top of each one. Elements inside the columns would also be <em>divs</em>.</p>
  
  <p>But what about HTML5? I have been looking at the <em>section</em> element, but I'm not really sure how to use it. Here are the options:</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>Put everything inside one <em>section</em> - I don't think that is the way to go</li>
  <li>Put a <em>section</em> around each of the column <em>divs</em>, and heading inside the <em>section</em></li>
  <li>Replace the <em>divs</em> with <em>sections</em></li>
  <li>Put <em>sections</em> inside column <em>divs</em></li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>So, which way to go?</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT:</strong> first of all thanks everyone for your quick replies. In the end I'll probably go with Ian Devlins suggestion, and put each column as <em>section</em>. Anyway, just to point out my dissatisfaction with html5, multiple permitted options aren't always a good thing. I'm afraid what will the html5 web look like in a few years, when we can't fully agree on a simple question like this.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT2:</strong> one more thing. I'll ask it here so I don't have to open another question. In addition to these 3 columns I have another <em>div</em> which contains order details, when any of the orders are selected. Should it be an <em>article</em> since its <em>self-contained content</em>, or to use an <em>aside</em> tag?</p>