Wednesday, 4 June 2014

HTML "meta" tag

Function:

The HTML <meta> tag is used for declaring metadata for the HTML document.

Difference between HTML and XHTML:

In HTML the <meta> tag has no end tag.
In XHTML the <meta> tag must be properly closed.

Example:

<html>
<head>
<title>HTML meta tag</title>
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, meta tag, metadata" />
<meta name="description" content="Brief description of the document" />
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10" />
</head>
<body style="background-color:orange">
Document content goes here
</body>
</html>


Attributes:
AttributeValueDescription
Nameauthor
description
keywords
generator
revised
others
Name for the property.
contenttextDefines meta information to be associated with http-equiv or name.
http-equivcontent-type
expires
refresh
set-cookie
Connects the content attribute to an HTTP header.
schemetextDefines a format to be used to interpret the value of the content attribute.

Standard Attributes:

AttributeDescription
dirSpecifies the direction of the text
langSets the language code.
xml:langSets the language code.

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