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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">meta</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">6</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">1</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>The <span class="literal">meta</span> object reflects the
<span class="literal">meta</span> element.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="htmlequivalent"><span class="title">HTML Equivalent</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>&lt;meta&gt;</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectmodelreference"><span class="title">Object Model Reference</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]document.getElementById("<span class="replaceable">elementID</span>")</pre>
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						<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><span class="literal">charset</span></td><td><span class="literal">content</span></td><td><span class="literal">httpEquiv</span></td><td><span class="literal">name</span></td><td><span class="literal">scheme</span></td><td><span class="literal">url</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectspecificmethods"><span class="title">Object-Specific Methods</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">charset</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Indicates the character encoding of the content in the file
associated with the <span class="literal">href</span> attribute. This property
does not change the setting of the <span class="literal">charset</span>
attribute of a name/value pair contained by the
<span class="literal">content</span> attribute or property. For now the
<span class="literal">charset</span> property has little or no effect on a
document.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>if (document.all.myMeta.charset == "csISO5427Cyrillic") {
    // process for Cyrillic charset
}</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Case-insensitive alias from the character set registry (ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/character-sets).
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Determined by browser. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">content</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">6</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">1</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>This is the equivalent of the value of a name/value pair. The
property's corresponding <span class="literal">content</span>
attribute is usually accompanied by either a <span class="literal">name</span>
or <span class="literal">http-equiv</span> attribute, either of which acts as
the name portion of the name/value pair. Specific values of the
<span class="literal">content</span> attribute vary with the value of the
<span class="literal">name</span> or <span class="literal">http-equiv</span> attribute.
Sometimes the <span class="literal">content</span> attribute value contains
multiple values. In such cases, the values are delimited by a
semicolon. Some of these multiple values may be name/value pairs in
their own right, such as the content for a refresh
<span class="literal">meta</span> element. The first value is a number
representing the number of seconds of delay before loading another
document; the second value is a name/value pair indicating a URL of
the document to load after the delay expires.
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							<td colspan="2"><p>			Despite the following example, changing the
<span class="literal">content</span> property on a loaded document may not
produce the desired effect if the browser relies on the incoming
value as the document loads.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="example"><span class="title">Example</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>document.getElementById("refreshMeta").content =
  "5,http://www.giantco.com/basicindex.html";</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">httpEquiv</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">6</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">1</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>This is the equivalent of the name of a name/value pair. The
property's corresponding
<span class="literal">http-equiv</span> attribute is usually accompanied by a
<span class="literal">content</span> attribute, which acts as the
"value" portion of the name/value
pair. The author may elect to use the <span class="literal">name</span>
attribute instead of the <span class="literal">http-equiv</span> attribute, but
only one may be set. Adjust only the property corresponding to the
attribute used in the <span class="literal">meta</span>
element's tag. Then be sure to set the
<span class="literal">content</span> property with a value that makes sense
with the <span class="literal">httpEquiv</span> or <span class="literal">name</span>
property.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>document.getElementById("refreshMeta").httpEquiv = "expires";</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">name</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">6</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">1</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>This is an identifier for the name/value pair that constitutes the
<span class="literal">meta</span> element. The value is typically a
plain-language term that denotes the purpose of the
<span class="literal">meta</span> element, such as <span class="literal">"author"</span>
or <span class="literal">"keywords"</span>. Either the <span class="literal">name</span>
or <span class="literal">httpEquiv</span> properties can have a value, but not
both, in the same <span class="literal">meta</span> element.
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>document.getElementById("detailMeta").name = "keywords";</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="value"><span class="title">Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None.</p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">scheme</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">6</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Mac)/6(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">1</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Reflects the scheme attribute, but as yet has no particular
functionality in current browsers. See the <span class="literal">scheme</span>
attribute of the <span class="literal">meta</span> element in Chapter 8 for information about the intended
purpose of this property.
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap colspan="2" class="default"><span class="title">Default</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">url</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">4</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>Although implemented in IE browsers, this property no longer appears
to be officially supported.
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