name (HTML attribute)
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 2 |
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | SA1.3+ | OP9.2+ | CH2+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Syntax
Description
The
name attribute is the counterpart to the
content attribute, and simply provides a name for
the information included in the content attribute.
If the name attribute is present, the
http-equiv attribute shouldn’t be
used.
Example
This name
attribute identifies the content as
"categories":
<meta name="categories" content="work, projects, current"/>
Value
The value of
name varies with the value of the
content attribute. The name
doesn’t need to come from a set of standard meta names—you’re free to
define your own schema for meta information.
Compatibility
| Internet Explorer | Firefox | Safari | Opera | Chrome | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 10.0 | 2.0 |
| Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full | Full |
Full support is provided for the meta
element—all browsers expose a document’s meta information via the Document
Object Model.
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