The <meta> element provides meta-information about your page, such as descriptions

and keywords for search engines and refresh rates.

Examples
Define keywords for search engines:
<meta name="keywords" content="HTML, DHTML, CSS, XML, XHTML, JavaScript,
VBScript" />

Define a description of your web page:

<meta name="description" content="Free Web tutorials on HTML, CSS, XML, and
XHTML" />

Define the last revision of your page:

<meta name="revised" content="Hege Refsnes, 6/10/99" />

Refresh page every 5 seconds:

<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="5" />

Required Attributes
DTD indicates in which DTD the attribute is allowed. S=Strict, T=Transitional, and
F=Frameset.

Attribute Value Description DTD

content some_text Defines meta information to be associated with STF
http-equiv or name

Optional Attributes
Attribute Value Description DTD
http-equiv content-type Connects the content attribute to an HTTP STF
expires header
refresh
set-cookie
name author Connects the content attribute to a name STF
description
keywords
generator
revised
others
scheme some_text Defines a format to be used to interpret the STF
value of the content attribute