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Posted by Harlan Messinger on 12/02/07 07:59
Simon wrote:
> Well when I was 12 I got my first 386, this was with a 28K modem which was
> connected to ozemail. I reply to this usenet group then when people where
> discussing what tags should be introduced to the next version of HTML, my
> suggestion was the meta tag which was basically an abbrivation of the word
> metaphysics.
>
> Funny enough as it is this meta tag from the mind of a child now exist in
> all HTML documents and controls from my perspective the metaphysics of a
> page. I have always posted under this name so maybe you can find it from 17
> years ago, but alas the standards haven't changed, yahoo at least still use
> it.
Sorry, the use of the term "metadata" (not from "metaphysics"--rather,
both words are based on the Greek-derived prefix "meta-") to refer to
data *about* data predates the Internet.
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