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HTML meta content attribute

content attribute provides information with http-values associated with the equiv or name attribute.

Online Example

Describes metadata in HTML documents:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<meta charset="UTF-8">
<title>HTML: <meta> charset Attribute　-　Basic Tutorial Website(oldtoolbag.com)</title>
<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials">
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML5,CSS3,PHP, JAVA, C++">
</head>
<body>
<p>This document's meta describes the document and its keywords.</p>
</body>
</html>

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Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All major browsers support the content attribute.

Definition and Usage

The content attribute provides information related to http-Values related to the equiv or name attribute.

HTML 4.01 With HTML5Differences

None.

Syntax

<meta content="text">

Attribute value

Value	Description
text	Content of meta information.

　HTML <meta> tag

HTML: <template> tag