META generic meta-information about the document HTML 4.01 Strict

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; lang, dir, for use with content
http-equiv	NAME	#IMPLIED	HTTP response header name
lang	NAME	#IMPLIED	language code as RFC1766 ; language code
name	NAME	#IMPLIED	metainformation name
scheme	CDATA	#IMPLIED	select form of content

Content

EMPTY

End tag

Forbidden

Referenced in

HEAD TITLE