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- <h3>Title: TITLE
-
- <p>Every HTML document must contain a <tag/TITLE/ element.
-
- <p> The title should identify the contents of the document in a global
- context. A short title, such as "Introduction" may be meaningless out
- of context. A title such as "Introduction to HTML Elements" is more
- appropriate.
- <NOTE>The length of a title is not limited; however, long titles may
- be truncated in some applications. To minimize this possibility,
- titles should be fewer than 64 characters.</note>
-
- <p> A user agent may display the title of a document in a history list
- or as a label for the window displaying the document. This differs
- from headings (<hdref refid=headings>), which are typically displayed
- within the body text flow.
-
- <h3 id=base>Base Address: BASE
-
- <p>The optional <tag/BASE/ element allows the address a document to be
- recorded in situations in which the document may be read out of
- context. The required <attr/HREF/ attribute specifies specifies the
- base URI (see <hdref refid=hyperlink>) for navigating the document,
- overriding any context otherwise known to the user agent. The value of
- the <attr/HREF/ attribute must be an absolute URI.
-
- <h3>Keyword Index: ISINDEX
-
- <p>The <tag/ISINDEX/ element indicates that the user agent should
- allow the user to search an index by giving keywords. See <hdref
- refid=query> for details.
-
- <h3>Link: LINK
-
- <p>The <tag/LINK/ element represents a hyperlink (see <hdref
- refid=hyperlink>). It has the same attributes as the <tag/A/ element
- (see <hdref refid=a>).
-
- <p>The <tag/LINK/ element is typically used to indicate authorship,
- related indexes and glossaries, older or more recent versions,
- style sheets, document hierarchy etc.
-
- <h3>Associated Meta-information: META
-
- <p> The <tag/META/ element is an extensible container for use in
- identifying specialized document meta-information. Meta-information
- has two main functions:
-
- <ul>
- <li>to provide a means to discover that the data set exists and
- how it might be obtained or accessed; and
-
- <li>to document the content, quality, and features of a data set,
- indicating its fitness for use.
- </ul>
-
- <p> Each <tag/META/ element specifies a name/value pair. If multiple
- META elements are provided with the same name, their combined
- contents—concatenated as a comma-separated list—is the value
- associated with that name.
- <note>The <tag/META/ element should not be used where a specific
- element, such as <tag/TITLE/, would be more appropriate.
- </note>
-
- <p>HTTP servers may read the content of the document <tag/HEAD/ to
- generate header fields corresponding to any elements defining a value
- for the attribute <attr/HTTP-EQUIV/.
- <note>The method by which the server extracts document meta-information is
- unspecified and not mandatory. The <tag/META/ element
- only provides an extensible mechanism for identifying and embedding
- document meta-information — how it may be used is up to the individual
- server implementation and the HTML user agent.
- </note>
-
- <p>Attributes of the META element:
-
- <tl>
- <tli>HTTP-EQUIV: binds the element to an HTTP header
- field. An HTTP server may use this information to process the
- document. In particular, it may include a header field in the
- responses to requests for this document: the header name is
- taken from the <attr/HTTP-EQUIV/ attribute value, and the header value
- is taken from the value of the <attr/CONTENT/ attribute. HTTP header
- names are not case sensitive.
-
- <tli>NAME: specifies the name of the name/value pair. If not present,
- <attr/HTTP-EQUIV/ gives the name.
-
- <tli>CONTENT: specifies the value of the name/value pair.
-
- </tl>
-
- <p>Examples
-
- <p>If the document contains:
-
- <listing><![CDATA[
- <META HTTP-EQUIV="Expires"
- CONTENT="Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT">
- <meta http-equiv="Keywords" CONTENT="Fred">
- <META HTTP-EQUIV="Reply-to"
- content="fielding@ics.uci.edu (Roy Fielding)">
- <Meta Http-equiv="Keywords" CONTENT="Barney">
- ]]></listing>
-
- <p>then the server may include the following header fields:
-
- <listing><![CDATA[
- Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT
- Keywords: Fred, Barney
- Reply-to: fielding@ics.uci.edu (Roy Fielding)
- ]]></listing>
-
- <p>as part of the HTTP response to a <code/GET/ or <code/HEAD/ request
- for that document.
-
- <p>An HTTP server must not use the <tag/META/ element to form an HTTP
- response header unless the <attr/HTTP-EQUIV/ attribute is present.
-
- <p>An HTTP server may disregard any <tag/META/ elements that specify
- information controlled by the HTTP server, for example <code/Server/,
- <code/Date/, and <code/Last-modified/.
-
- <h3>Next Id: NEXTID
-
- <p> The <tag/NEXTID/ element is included for historical reasons only.
- HTML document should not contain <tag/NEXTID/ elements.
-
- <p> The <tag/NEXTID/ element gives a hint for the name to use for a
- new <tag/A/ element when editing an HTML document. It should be
- distinct from all <attr/NAME/ attribute values on <tag/A/
- elements. For example:
-
- <listing><![CDATA[
- <NEXTID N=Z27>
- ]]></listing>
-