Posted by Harlan Messinger on 12/02/07 15:15

Harlan Messinger wrote:
> 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.

And perhaps your birth as well?

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