scheme (HTML attribute)
| IE5.5+ | FF1+ | Saf1.3+ | Op9.2+ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Full | Full | Full | Full |
| Depr. | Version |
|---|---|
| No | HTML 4 |
Example
The scheme
attribute identified as a Dublin Core date scheme :
<meta name="DC.date" content="2003-06-08" scheme="DCTERMS.W3CDTF" />
Description
The
scheme attribute provides additional information
about the make-up of the meta content. It is used in
conjunction with the profile
attribute of the head
element (which provides a pointer to a set of instructions about what the
profile contains, which would directly relate to the meta
name attribute values).
An example of where
a scheme may be useful is to disambiguate some
meta information that may be interpreted in a number of
ways without this extra help, for example if a date is specified in a
meta element as "01-02-07", would
that be "1st February 2007" or "2nd January
2002"?
Value
URI - specifying the location of the profile information on the same server (or on a remote server).
Compatibility
| IE | 5.5 | Full |
|---|---|---|
| 6.0 | Full | |
| 7.0 | Full | |
| Firefox | 1.0 | Full |
| 1.5 | Full | |
| 2.0 | Full | |
| Safari | 1.3 | Full |
| 2.0 | Full | |
| 3.0 | Full | |
| Opera | 9.2 | Full |
| 9.5 | Full |
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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