META generic meta-information about the document XHTML 1.01 Strict

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meta

Purpose

generic metainformation

Description

This element identifies meta-information (information about information) of a document. It is not meant to duplicate the structural information that the other elements, such as title, convey about the document. For example:

<meta name="description" Content="Demonstrates basic features of HTML" />
<meta name="keywords" Content="HTML, hypertext, basics, learning, reference" />

Start tag

Required <meta />

Attributes

Name	Type	Default	Comment
content	CDATA	#REQUIRED	associated information
dir	( ltr \| rtl )	#IMPLIED	direction for weak/neutral text; for use with content
http-equiv	CDATA	#IMPLIED	HTTP response header name
id	ID	#IMPLIED
lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (backwards compatible); language code as RFC3066
name	CDATA	#IMPLIED	metainformation name
scheme	CDATA	#IMPLIED	select form of content
xml:lang	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	language code (as per XML 1.0 spec); language code as RFC3066

Content

EMPTY

End tag

Forbidden

Referenced in

head