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meta element | meta object

[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]

Conveys hidden information about the document to the server and the client.

HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.4

Standards information

HTML information

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CSS Display

DOM Information

Inheritance Hierarchy

 Node
  Element
   HTMLElement
     meta

Remarks

The META element also embeds document information that some search engines use to index and categorize documents on the World Wide Web.

This element can be used only within the HEAD element.

Windows Internet Explorer 8 or later. The behavior of the setAttribute method depends on the current document compatibility mode. For more information, see Attribute Differences in Internet Explorer 8

Examples

This example disables theming support for the document.

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<META HTTP-EQUIV="MSTHEMECOMPATIBLE" CONTENT="no">

See also

Reference
content
httpEquiv
Conceptual
Defining Document Compatibility

 

 

Build date: 3/8/2012

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Caution - multiple same Name - go separate Meta's

Multiple Contents for the same Name go separate Meta-elements:

META CONTENT=snapshot NAME=save>


cf unlike HTTP-Equiv some contents combine, eg. <META CONTENT=10;URL=...>

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