Re: The future of meta-indices/libraries?

Dave_Raggett ([email protected])
Wed, 16 Mar 1994 10:56:11 --100


Christian Neuss writes:

> The title comes to mind.. but something with a bit more meaning
> would be better. Well, how about using the group statement to mark
> up special semantics of HTML text? You could have

> <GROUP role="keywords">
> <H2> Keywords: </H2>
> compression, encryption
> </GROUP>

> in the header, or at multiple positions in the text:

Before you start inventing new elements, consider the HTML+ META
element. This was added as a general solution to adding meta
information to HTML documents. This scheme allows wobots to scan
this information efficiently using the HTTP HEAD method.

<!--
Servers should read the document head to generate HTTP headers
corresponding to META elements, e.g. if the document contains:

<meta name="Expires" value="Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT">

The server should include the HTTP date format header field:

Expires: Tue, 04 Dec 1993 21:29:02 GMT

Other likely names are "Keywords", "Created", "Owner" (a name)
and "Reply-To" (an email address)
-->
<!ELEMENT META - O EMPTY>
<!ATTLIST META
id ID #IMPLIED -- to allow meta info --
name CDATA #IMPLIED -- HTTP header e.g. "Expires" --
value CDATA #IMPLIED -- associated value -->