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HTML <meta> scheme Attribute

HTML meta Tag Reference HTML <meta> tag

Example

Use the scheme attribute to define formats for the content attribute:

<head>
<meta name="date" content="2009-01-02" scheme="YYYY-MM-DD" />
<meta name="identifier" content="0-2345-6634-6" scheme="ISBN" />
</head>

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Browser Support

Internet Explorer Firefox Opera Google Chrome Safari

The scheme attribute is supported in all major browsers.


Definition and Usage

The scheme attribute specifies a scheme (format or URI) to be used to interpret the value of the content attribute.


Syntax

<meta scheme="format|URI" />

Attribute Values

Value Description
format/URI Defines the format (or points to an URI that contains the information) of the value inside the content attribute


HTML meta Tag Reference HTML <meta> tag
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