'meta' Syntax and Note
Note:
<meta> HTML Specific Attributes
content
Used with either the http-equiv (HTTP headers)
attribute or the name attribute. Its value is used to set either
the http-equiv value or the value of the variable defined in
the name attribute.
Syntax: <meta http-equiv="headername" content="value_assigned to the header">
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http-equiv
http-equiv attribute produce the same results as HTTP headers.
provide additional instructions to the server,
complement the HTTP headers,
provide additional functionality to the browsers.
Some of http-equiv values are:
content-language,
content-script-type,
content-style-type,
content-type,
default-style,
expires,
refresh,
set-cookie, and
window-target.
Syntax: <meta http-equiv="value" content=". . .">
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content-language
Specifies the language of the document.
Example: <meta http-equiv="content-language" content="en-US">
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content-script-type
Specifies the default scripting language that the browser should use
for the loaded page.
Example: <meta http-equiv="content-script-type" content="text/javascript">
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content-style-type
Sets the default style sheet language used in the document.
Example: <meta http-equiv="content-style-type" content="text/css">
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content-type
Specifies the type of media that is sent between the browser and server.
You can also extend the content-type to other character sets by including a charset
declaration in the content-type value.
Example: <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO646-US">
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default-style
Sets the default style sheet used document.
Example: <meta http-equiv="default-style" content="stylesheet">
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expires
Sets the expiration date and time of the document.
Example: <meta http-equiv="expires" content="WED, 20 Jan 1999 15:20:30 GMT">
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refresh
Specifies how frequently a page should be reloaded.
Additionally, an alternate URL can be used when reloading the page.
Example:
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3">
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="3;url=http://www.java2s.com">
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set-cookie
Sets a cookie (only in Netscape Navigator).
Example:
<meta http-equiv="set-cookie"
content="cookievalue=xxx;expires=Friday, 31-Jan-03 12:59:59 GMT; path=/">
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window-target
Specifies a window or frame as the target for
the current page. By specifying "_top" as the target, you can make sure that
the linked page is not displayed within another frameset.
Example:
<meta http-equiv="window-target" content="_top">
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name
Includes other types of non-header information,
such as the author, a description of the document, copyright information,
keywords, and so on. Search engines look for the
following names: author, copyright, description, and keywords.
Other possible names are generator, progid, robots, and template.
Syntax:
<meta name="value" content=". . .">
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author
Identifies the author of the document.
Example: <meta name="author" content="Lazaro Issi Cohen">
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copyright
An unqualified copyright statement.
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description
This describes the document in the browser window.
This is used by some search engines to provide a document
description to the users performing searches.
Example:
<meta name="description" content="High Tech books.">
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generator
Identifies the name and version number of the publishing or development tool used
in creating the document.
Example:
<meta name="generator" content="Dreamweaver4.0">
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keywords
A comma-separated list of keywords used by search engines to index the document.
Example:
<meta name="keywords" content="art, oils, landscape">
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progid
The program ID of the document's editor.
Example:
<meta name="progid" content="word.document">
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robots
This header instructs web robots how to act on the page.
Example:
<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
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template
The name and location of the template used to create or modify the document.
Example:
<meta name="template" content="C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\html.dot">
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scheme
Make browser interpret data formats correctly.
The following two examples imply MM-DD-YYYY and
DD-MM-YYYY formats, respectively:
<meta scheme="USA" name="date" content="10-08-2003">
<meta scheme="Europe" name="date" content="10-08-2003">
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<meta scheme="dds" name="description" content="04.251 Supercomputers systems design">
Other <meta> Tags
Apple <meta> Tags Author-Corporate, Author-Personal, Publisher-Email,
Identifier-URL, Identifier, Coverage, Bookmark.
Eastman Kodak <meta> Tags EKBU, EKdocType, EKdocOwner, EKdocTech, EKreviewDate,
EKArea.
IBM <meta> Tags ABSTRACT, CC, ALIAS, OWNER.
Microsoft <meta> Tags Page-Enter, Page-Exit, Site-Enter, Site-Exit
(filters and transitions).
Example:
<meta http-equiv="Page-Enter" content="revealTrans(Duration=4.0,Transition=3)">
Syntax:
<html>
<header>
<meta attributes events>
</header>
<body>
</body>
</html>
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