HTML Tag: `meta`

Metadata — information about the HTML document — that can not be covered by the title, style, link, base, or script elements.

meta elements usually sit most comfortably inside the head element.

Optional Attributes

Attribute	Description	Possible values
`name`	Name of textual metadata. Used in conjunction with the `content` attribute.	Text. Some commonly used metadata names include: `author`: The page author’s name. `description`: A brief description of the page, often used in search engine results. Should only be used once. `keywords`: Comma-separated keywords that are relevant to the document. `viewport`: Passes instructions, such as `initial-scale` and user-scalable to mobile devices. `robots`: Instructs page crawlers, such as those from search engines, what to do in regard to indexing of the page (`index` and `noindex`) and following of its links (`follow` and `nofollow`).
`http-equiv`	A “pragma directive”, mimicking a server-side HTTP instruction. Used in conjunction with the `content` attribute.	`content-type`: Character encoding declaration. An old-skool alternative to the `charset` attribute. `default-style`: The preferred stylesheet. Points to a `link` or `style` element. `refresh`: A timed refresh, in seconds, or redirect. Evil.
`content`	The value of the element. Either textual metadata, when given a name by the `name` attribute, or the value of a corresponding `http-equiv` attribute.	Text.
`charset`	The character encoding of the HTML page. Should only be used once.	A character encoding declaration. `UTF-8` is advised.
Global attributes

Example


<head lang="en">
    <meta charset="utf-8">
    <title>HTML Tag: meta</title>
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, maximum-scale=1, user-scalable=no">
</head>