<META> - Meta DataThis tag provides meta data about the document. It must appear in the document head. <META> can be used to give the equivalent of HTTP headers, but it is most often used for search purposes, such as specifying search keywords and providing a description of the page.
It is forbidden to close this tag. </META> is illegal HTML.
Since I'm not familiar with this tag (I know, I know, this is supposed to be a reference), I'm referring you to the HTML specification: HTML 4.0-The <META> Element
<META>| %i18n |
name=
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Specifies the meta property name. | |
| This attribute names the meta property. | ||
http-equiv=
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Specifies the property. | |
This attribute creates an HTTP header property. It may not be used in conjuction with the name attribute.
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content=
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Specifies the value. | |
| This attribute gives a value for either the meta property or the HTTP header property (depending on which attribute you use). | ||
scheme=
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Gives the scheme. | |
This attribute provides extra information to help interpret the content value.
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Here are some samples of the <META> tag:
<META name="keywords" <META name="description" content="A nonexistant page about MKR"><META name="author" content="somebody">
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If an author chooses to use intrinsic events (attributes that trigger the script in their value, such as %events), HTML 4.0 requires that they specify the default scripting language. This can be done in two ways: by HTTP header, or by using a META tag with http-equiv.
An HTTP header Content-Script-Type: text/javascript and <META http-equiv="Content-Script-Type" content="text/javascript"> both set the default language to JavaScript.
The <STYLE> element can use the type attribute to specify the style sheet language it uses. This is not possible for the style attribute (included in %coreattrs). Therefore, style sheets in all style attributes must use the same style sheet language--the document's default style sheet language. Like default scripting languages, default style sheet languages can be set in two ways: by HTTP header or by <META> tag.
An HTTP header Content-Style-Type: text/css and <META http-equiv="Content-Style-Type" content="text/css"> both set the default language to Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). Browsers fall back on CSS as the document's default style sheet language if you don't specify one. Please note that this does not occur with scripting languages, as there is no default scripting language.
