HTMLMetaElement

The HTMLMetaElement interface contains descriptive metadata about a document. It inherits all of the properties and methods described in the HTMLElement interface.

Properties

Inherits properties from its parent, HTMLElement.

Name	Type	Description
content	DOMString	Gets or sets the value of meta-data property.
httpEquiv	DOMString	Gets or sets the name of an HTTP response header to define for a document.
name	DOMString	Gets or sets the name of a meta-data property to define for a document.
scheme	DOMString	Gets or sets the name of a scheme used to interpret the value of a meta-data property.

Methods

No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, HTMLElement.

Specifications

Specification	Status	Comment
WHATWG HTML Living Standard The definition of 'HTMLMetaElement' in that specification.	Living Standard	No change from HTML5.
HTML5 The definition of 'HTMLMetaElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	The following property is now obsolete: scheme.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification The definition of 'HTMLMetaElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	No change from Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification.
Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 Specification The definition of 'HTMLMetaElement' in that specification.	Recommendation	Initial definition.

Browser compatibility

See also

• The HTML element implementing this interface: <meta>