HTML Standard attribute: http-equiv
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The HTML http-equiv attribute provides the HTTP
header for the information / value of an attribute within a <meta> element.
Valid attribute
values (when used with <meta>) include:
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Value
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Description
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content-type
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The character encoding
for the document, e.g.:
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
Note that using HTML 5
it is now possible to set the character set more directly, using e.g.:
<meta charset="UTF-8">
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default-style
|
The preferred style
sheet to use for the page, e.g.:
<meta http-equiv="default-style" content="preferred stylesheet">
The value of the
relevant content
attribute must either match the value of the title attribute
of a link element
(linked to an external style sheet) or a style element in
the same document
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refresh
|
The time interval for
the document to refresh itself, e.g.
<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="60">
It is recommended that
this option is used sparingly, since it takes control of the page away from
the user. Often better will be to achieve a similar effect using JavaScript
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