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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Definition and Usage
The <meta> scheme attribute is not supported in HTML5.
The scheme attribute specifies a scheme (format or URI) to be used to interpret the value of the content attribute.
Browser Support
| Attribute | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| scheme | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 |