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by Ian Lloyd

content (HTML attribute)

Browser support full matrix
IE5.5+ FF1+ Saf1.3+ Op9.2+
Full Full Full Full
Spec
Depr. Version
No HTML 2
content="string - meta information"

Example

The content attribute containing a list of categories that the document relates to:

<meta name="categories" content="work, projects, current" />

Description

A required attribute - this is the part that contains the actual meta-information, which is defined by the name attribute.

Value

Varies depending on the value of the name attribute. It may be a simple summary of the document, a comma-separated list of words/values, a person’s name.

Compatibility

IE5.5Full
6.0Full
7.0Full
Firefox1.0Full
1.5Full
2.0Full
Safari1.3Full
2.0Full
3.0Full
Opera9.2Full
9.5Full

Because it is so open what you can do with meta information, support is stated as ‘full’ (all browsers expose the meta information via the Document Object Model).

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