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<p><a href="/facts/Meta_(prefix)/WQu5Xe1N">Meta</a> elements are tags used in <a href="/facts/HTML_element/s4TKzjUP">HTML</a> and <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a> documents to provide structured <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a> about a <a href="/facts/Web_page/5JK7xQLe">Web page</a>. They are part of a web page's head section. Multiple Meta elements with different <a href="/facts/XML/clNgUfWk">attributes</a> can be used on the same page. Meta elements can be used to specify page description, keywords and any other <a href="/facts/Metadata/qt35z79C">metadata</a> not provided through the other head elements and attributes. </p><p>The meta element has two uses: either to emulate the use of an <a href="/facts/HTTP_response_header_field/hEkcQe2f">HTTP response header field</a>, or to embed additional metadata within the HTML document. </p><p>With HTML up to and including <a href="/facts/HTML_4.01/sSc3fT78">HTML 4.01</a> and XHTML, there were four valid attributes: content, http-equiv, name and scheme. Under <a href="/facts/HTML_5/HBAxEAr6">HTML 5</a>, charset has been added and scheme has been removed. http-equiv is used to emulate an HTTP header, and name to embed metadata. The value of the statement, in either case, is contained in the content attribute, which is the only required attribute unless charset is given. charset is used to indicate the character set of the document, and is available in HTML5. </p><p>Such elements must be placed as tags in the head section of an <a href="/facts/HTML/sSc3fT78">HTML</a> or <a href="/facts/XHTML/6qHnmJSg">XHTML</a> document. </p>