meta (metadata)

meta (metadata) elements contain metadata about the document.

See also:

• `base` (Private)
• `link`
• `script` (Private)
• `style`
• `title`

Content category

• Metadata
• If the itemprop attribute is present:
  • Flow
  • Phrasing

Pseudo-classes

N/A

Attributes

• name applies document-level metadata.
• http-equiv applies a pragma directive equivalent to an HTTP header:
  • content-security-policy sets the content policy for the document.
  • content-type sets the document's MIME type and encoding; must be set to text/html"; charset=utf-8.
  • default-style sets the name of the default style sheet set.
  • x-ua-compatible is ignored, except in Internet Explorer.
  • refresh specifies the number of seconds to wait before reloading (if just a number). This can be suffixed with ;url= and a URL to redirect to another URL.
• content sets the value of the http-equiv or name.
• charset sets the document character set.
• media makes the tag do something.

References

• MDN
• The meta element in the HTML specification