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Posted by terry on 02/26/06 19:57
Alan J. Flavell wrote:
> On Sun, 26 Feb 2006, terry wrote:
>
>> Before posting my question I did read the page you recommended Alan but
>
> Well, those who won't make it clear where they are starting from,
> mustn't be *too* surprised to be referred to places they've already
> been.
>
>> it makes no mention of META NAME="TITLE".
>
> Indirectly, it does.
>
> The META element can be used to identify properties of a document
> (e.g., author, expiration date, a list of key words, etc.) and assign
> values to those properties. This specification does not define a
> normative set of properties.
>
> In other words, META NAME="..." is a container for all kinds of stuff,
> but their usage isn't codified. It then goes on to say:
>
> Note. The META element is a generic mechanism for specifying meta
> data. However, some HTML elements and attributes already handle
> certain pieces of meta data and may be used by authors instead of
> META to specify those pieces: the TITLE element, the ADDRESS
> element, the INS and DEL elements, the title attribute, and the cite
> attribute.
>
> I'd say that was a hint that they were guiding readers towards using
> the purpose-designed <title> element - wouldn't you?
>
> As yet, no-one has suggested a reason to prefer the use of <meta
> name="title"...> , nor am I aware of one myself. I don't suppose it
> does any harm, other than cluttering up the document with extra stuff.
> But omitting the actual <title> element is not an option, if you want
> to write valid HTML - and there are quite a few practical benefits for
> getting that right (search engines, summaries, browser title bars -
> window and/or tab - bookmark titles etc...)
>
> have fun
Thanks Alan! I appreciate the explanation. I do have a better
understanding now.
Terry
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