Comments on: From the Top: The Meta Element http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/ shokunin kishitsu Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:43:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Daryl A. Szady http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-118 Daryl A. Szady Sat, 08 Apr 2006 21:04:02 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-118 Sorry I didn't reply in the correct form before: <code><meta name="date" content="2006-04-06T05:41:27.178Z" /></code> <code><meta name="modified" content="2006-04-06T08:04:44.73Z" /></code> Sorry I didn’t reply in the correct form before:
<meta name="date" content="2006-04-06T05:41:27.178Z" />
<meta name="modified" content="2006-04-06T08:04:44.73Z" />

]]> By: Daryl A. Szady http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-117 Daryl A. Szady Tue, 28 Mar 2006 23:12:55 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-117 I use these two meta elements: UTC, so there isn't any ambiguity when it was created or modified. I use these two meta elements:

UTC, so there isn’t any ambiguity when it was created or modified.

]]> By: Tommy Olsson http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-116 Tommy Olsson Wed, 15 Mar 2006 11:09:26 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-116 It's worth mentioning that you cannot actually change the <em>content type</em> using an HTTP equivalent. You may specify the character encoding, though. In other words, you can't use <code><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8"/></code> to serve a document as XHTML. A user agent needs this information before the HTTP body is received, in order to select a suitable parser. It needs to go in a true HTTP header. It’s worth mentioning that you cannot actually change the content type using an HTTP equivalent. You may specify the character encoding, though.

In other words, you can’t use
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8"/>
to serve a document as XHTML. A user agent needs this information before the HTTP body is received, in order to select a suitable parser. It needs to go in a true HTTP header.

]]> By: Robert Wellock http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-115 Robert Wellock Tue, 14 Mar 2006 15:11:46 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-115 Usually the thing that is overlooked by most authors regarding the META is the default Scripting and Style Sheet Language may be defined there. Usually the thing that is overlooked by most authors regarding the META is the default Scripting and Style Sheet Language may be defined there.

]]> By: Karl Dawson http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-114 Karl Dawson Mon, 13 Mar 2006 20:40:31 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-114 Hi Thierry, I would use the name of the person who <em>owns</em> the document rather than the developer's name for the author — especially if you (as a developer) had created a website for someone else. With self-publishing to blogs like this one then the author is most likely the developer also. The content and the web page (document) are naturally linked when it comes to keywords and description — a page about cats is bound to mention that in the <code>description</code> meta tag but meta data can be more abstract than that case when you consider embedding time stamps etc. In a content management system (CMS) environment within a large organisation the <code>author</code> meta tag would provide a means to identify someone <em>responsible</em> for the page and hence if a problem was reported with the content — broken link, spelling error etc. then the support team (who are most likely not responsible for content) would know who to contact to correct the page. The detail, or content, on the page is irrelevant in this example. Regards, Karl Hi Thierry,

I would use the name of the person who owns the document rather than the developer’s name for the author — especially if you (as a developer) had created a website for someone else. With self-publishing to blogs like this one then the author is most likely the developer also.

The content and the web page (document) are naturally linked when it comes to keywords and description — a page about cats is bound to mention that in the description meta tag but meta data can be more abstract than that case when you consider embedding time stamps etc.

In a content management system (CMS) environment within a large organisation the author meta tag would provide a means to identify someone responsible for the page and hence if a problem was reported with the content — broken link, spelling error etc. then the support team (who are most likely not responsible for content) would know who to contact to correct the page. The detail, or content, on the page is irrelevant in this example.

Regards, Karl

]]> By: Thierry http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-113 Thierry Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:13:46 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-113 Nicely written, but I find these two confusing: <blockquote>The meta element provides web document authors the ability to provide information about the document rather than the content itself. </blockquote> <blockquote>Author and copyright meta tags are probably useful, especially for articles and tutorials..</blockquote> So are they related to the document itself or its content? What name should appear in there? The name of the author of the document (designer/developer) or the name of the person who actually wrote the content (article, tutorial, whatever)? Nicely written, but I find these two confusing:

The meta element provides web document authors the ability to provide information about the document rather than the content itself.

Author and copyright meta tags are probably useful, especially for articles and tutorials..

So are they related to the document itself or its content? What name should appear in there? The name of the author of the document (designer/developer) or the name of the person who actually wrote the content (article, tutorial, whatever)?

]]> By: Mike Cherim http://multicelldesign.com/2006/03/meta-element/comment-page-1/#comment-112 Mike Cherim Mon, 13 Mar 2006 16:14:57 +0000 http://www.thatstandardsguy.co.uk/2006/03/13/from-the-top-the-meta-element/#comment-112 As usual, Karl, this is pretty thorough and well written. Regarding dates, I've read somewhere that the only way to write a date fully accepted in all corners of the world is year/month/day, numerically: 2006-03-13. Good stuff. As usual, Karl, this is pretty thorough and well written. Regarding dates, I’ve read somewhere that the only way to write a date fully accepted in all corners of the world is year/month/day, numerically: 2006-03-13. Good stuff.

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