HTML5: article inside article?

Question

If we have a list of blog posts, like in this case: http://www.gamempire.it/news I think that every post could be an <article>, but the title of the page ("Novità"), that could be an <h1>, is the semantic title of what? A section?

So, i don't know if it's better to do in this way:

<section>
  <h1>Novità</h1>
  <article>...</article>
  <article>...</article>
  <article>...</article>
</section>

or:

<article>
  <h1>Novità</h1>
  <article>...</article>
  <article>...</article>
  <article>...</article>
</article>

Answer 1

As far as specs go <article> is a sectioning content and as such, accepts any flow, sectioning and palpable content (except <main>), including other <article>s.

As far as semantic goes, it depends: articles are independent, self-contained compositions, that can contain other articles as long as those are also independent, self-contained compositions that at the same time are part of the main composition.

When article elements are nested, the inner article elements represent articles that are in principle related to the contents of the outer article. For instance, a blog entry on a site that accepts user-submitted comments could represent the comments as article elements nested within the article element for the blog entry.

Answer 2

Your first method is definitely better. You should put your articles in a section.

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Check out these two posts on htlm5doctor:

1. Section

The section element represents a generic document or application section…The section element is not a generic container element. When an element is needed only for styling purposes or as a convenience for scripting, authors are encouraged to use the div element instead. A general rule is that the section element is appropriate only if the element’s contents would be listed explicitly in the document’s outline.

2. Article

The article element represents a component of a page that consists of a self-contained composition in a document, page, application, or site and that is intended to be independently distributable or reusable, e.g. in syndication. This could be a forum post, a magazine or newspaper article, a blog entry, a user-submitted comment, an interactive widget or gadget, or any other independent item of content.