An Example of The Use of The meta
Element
In one form, meta
elements can specify HTTP headers which should be sent before the actual content when the HTML page is served from Web server to client. For example:
This specifies that the page should be served with an HTTP header called 'Content-Type' that has a value 'text/html'. In the general form, a meta
element specifies name
and associated content
attributes describing aspects of the HTML page. For example:
In this example, the meta
element identifies itself as containing the 'keywords' relevant to the document, Wikipedia and encyclopedia.
Meta tags can be used to indicate the location a business serves:
In this example, geographical information is given according to ZIP codes.
Default charset for plain text is simply set with meta:
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