HTML5: How to define metadata about an HTML document?

Last update on February 10 2024 11:42:50 (UTC/GMT +8 hours)

Solution :

HTML Code:

<!DOCTYPE html><!-- Declares the document type and version of HTML -->
<html><!-- Begins the HTML document -->
<head><!-- Contains metadata about the document -->
<meta charset="utf-8"><!-- Specifies the character encoding for the document -->
<title>How to define metadata about an HTML document</title><!-- Sets the title of the document -->
<meta name="author" content="w3resource"><!-- Specifies the author of the document -->
<meta name="copyright" content="w3resource.com"><!-- Specifies the copyright -->
<meta name="keywords" content="meta tag, html tutorials, w3resource"><!-- Specifies keywords for search engines -->
<meta name="description" content="html meta tag tutorial"><!-- Specifies a description of the document -->
</head><!-- Ends the head section -->
<body><!-- Contains the content of the document -->
HTML meta element is part of the global structure of an HTML page.
</body><!-- Ends the body section -->
</html><!-- Ends the HTML document -->

Explanation:

The HTML document begins with a declaration of its type and version (<!DOCTYPE html>).
The <html> element encloses the entire HTML document.
The <head> section contains metadata about the document, including character encoding and metadata tags.
Metadata tags like <meta name="author">, <meta name="copyright">, <meta name="keywords">, and <meta name="description"> are used to provide additional information about the document.
The <meta> tags define properties such as authorship, copyright, keywords, and a description of the document.
The <body> section contains the main content of the HTML document.
In this example, a simple text is provided as the content of the body section.

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