Metadata - Data about data
Meta data is the data about another data.
<meta> tag is usually used to specify character set, keywords, author of the document, page descriptions, and viewport settings.
<meta> tag can be used multiple times, and must be inside <head> tag.
The information in <meta> tag are used by browsers, search engine, or other web services.
Metadata is not displayed on the page.
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"><meta name="author" content="w3context Team"><meta name="description" content="Online tutorials">Learning with HTML Editor "Try it Now"
You can edit the HTML code and view the result using online editor.
Example
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<!-- Example: Meta Tag -->
<head>
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
<meta name="author" content="w3context Team">
<meta name="description" content="Online tutorials">
</head>
<body>
<h1>Example meta tag.</h1>
<h2>The meta information are used by browsers, search engine, or other web services.</h2>
<p>Metadata is not displayed on the page.</p>
</body>
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