Content model #

Attribute model #

Element-specific attributes #

name = string

Specifies the name part of a name/value pair.

content = string

Specifies the value part of a name/value pair.

Tag omission #

The meta element is a void element. A meta element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Additional constraints #

The name attribute on the meta element must be either a defined metadata name or a registered metadata name.

A defined metadata name is any of the following:

description

When the name attribute is set to "description", the value of the content attribute must be a string that describes the page.

generator

When the name attribute is set to "generator", the value of the content attribute must be a string that identifies the software used to generate the document.

application-name

When the name attribute is set to "application-name", the value of the content attribute must be a string representing the name of the Web application that the page represents.

A registered metadata name is any metadata name registered in the central MetaExtensions registration page.

Permitted contexts #

• common.elem.metadata = link | style | meta.name | meta.http-equiv.refresh | meta.http-equiv.default-style | meta.http-equiv.content-language | meta.charset | meta.http-equiv.content-type | script | noscript.elem.head | command