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HTML meta scheme attribute

The scheme attribute specifies the scheme (format or URI) used to interpret the content attribute values.

Online Example

Use the scheme attribute to define the format of the content attribute:

Example

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<title>HTML: <meta> scheme Attribute　-　Basic Tutorial Website(oldtoolbag.com)</title>
<meta name="date" content="2019-11-02" scheme="YYYY-MM-DD">
<meta name="identifier" content="0-1345-7634-8" scheme="ISBN">
</head>
<body>
<h1>My Website</h1>
<p>Some text.../p>
</body>
</html>

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Browser Compatibility

IEFirefoxOperaChromeSafari

All major browsers support the scheme attribute.

Definition and Usage

HTML5 The <meta> scheme attribute is not supported.

The scheme attribute specifies the scheme (format or URI) used to interpret the content attribute values.

Syntax

<meta scheme="format|URI">

attribute value

value	description
format/URI	Define the format (or point to a URI containing information) of the value within the content attribute.

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