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META

Description

Provides information about an HTML document to browsers, search engines, and other applications

Syntax

<META
CONTENT=description
HTTP-EQUIV=response
NAME=text
TITLE=text
URL=url
>

Parameter	Description
CONTENT=description	Specifies meta-information to be associated with the given name or HTTP response header.
HTTP-EQUIV=response	Used to bind the CONTENT of the element to an HTTP response header. This information is then used based on the application reading the header.
NAME=name	Specifies the name of the control, bookmark, or application.
TITLE=text	Used to provide advisory information.
URL=url	If a URL is specifies, the URL will be loaded after the specified time has elapsed.

Remarks

This element may only be used within the HEAD tag.

The start tag is required, and the end tag is optional.

The value of the CONTENT= attribute depends on the HTTP-EQUIV= attribute. The following lists some of these values.

HTTP-EQUIV CONTENT

REFRESH delay[;url]
The delay is the number of seconds that the browser waits before reloading a document. The optional url specifies the document to reload. If no url is given, the browser reloads the current document.

Content-Type text/html; CHARSET=character-set
The character-set specifies one of the character set aliases listed in HTML Character Sets.

Examples

The following example sets the character set for the document.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type"
  CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=Windows-1251">

The following example causes the browser to reload the document every two seconds.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT=2>

The following example causes the browser to load the new document, http://www.sample.com/next.htm, after a five second delay.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="REFRESH" CONTENT="5; URL=http://www.sample.com/next.htm">

The following example causes the server to include the given content in the HTTP response to a GET or HEAD request for the document.

<META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires"
CONTENT="Tue, 04 Dec 1996 21:29:02 GMT">
<meta http-equiv="Keywords" CONTENT="HTML, Reference">
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Reply-to"
content="anybody@microsoft.com">

The HTTP response includes the following header fields.

Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 1996 21:29:02 GMT
Keywords: HTML, Reference
Reply-to: anybody@microsoft.com

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HTTP-EQUIV	CONTENT
REFRESH	delay[;url] The delay is the number of seconds that the browser waits before reloading a document. The optional url specifies the document to reload. If no url is given, the browser reloads the current document.
Content-Type	text/html; CHARSET=character-set The character-set specifies one of the character set aliases listed in HTML Character Sets.