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HTML <meta> scheme Attribute

HTML meta Tag Reference HTML <meta> tag

Example

Use the scheme attribute to define formats for the content attribute:

<head>
<meta name="date" content="2009-01-02" scheme="YYYY-MM-DD">
<meta name="identifier" content="0-2345-6634-6" scheme="ISBN">
</head>
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Definition and Usage

The <meta> scheme attribute is not supported in HTML5.

The scheme attribute specifies a scheme (format or URI) to be used to interpret the value of the content attribute.


Browser Support

Attribute
scheme Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Syntax

<meta scheme="format|URI">

Attribute Values

Value Description
format/URI Defines the format (or points to an URI that contains the information) of the value inside the content attribute

HTML meta Tag Reference HTML <meta> tag