HTML meta Tag

The information on this page is based on HTML version 4.01 (which is the current version of HTML). The next version, HTML 5, is currently being written. Here's a list of HTML 5 tags.

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

Metadata can include document decription, keywords, author etc. It can also be used to refresh the page or set cookies.

The meta tag is placed between the opening and closing <head> tags.

Example


<!doctype html public "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"
   "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML meta tag</title>
  <meta name="keywords"
    content="HTML, meta tag, metadata" />
  <meta name="description"
    content="HTML tag for declaring metadata for the HTML document" />
  <meta http-equiv="refresh" content="10" />
</head>
<body style="background-color:orange">
Document content goes here
</body>
</html>

Attributes:

Attributes specific to this tag:
Attribute	Description
Name	Name for the property. Can be anything. Examples include, keywords, description, author, revised, generator etc.
content	Specifies the property's value.
scheme	Specifies a scheme to use to interpret the property's value (as declared in the content attribute).
http-equiv	Used for http response message headers. For example http-equiv can be used to refresh the page or to set a cookie. Values include content-type, expires, refresh and set-cookie.
Other Attributes:
Attribute	Description
lang	Language code
dir	Specifies the direction of the text

Also see the HTML 5 version of HTML tags

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