HTML5: meta charset – document character-encoding declaration (NEW)

meta charset – document character-encoding declaration NEW # T

The meta element with a charset attribute represents a character encoding declaration.

Permitted content #

empty (void element)

Permitted attributes #

core attributes & event-handler attributes & xml attributes & charset★

Descriptions for attributes specific to this element #

charset = character encoding name NEW: Specifies a character encoding name.

Additional constraints and admonitions #

There must not be more than one meta element per document with a charset attribute.
If a document contains a meta element with a charset attribute, then the document must not contain a meta element in the encoding declaration state.
The scheme attribute on the meta element is obsolete. Use only one scheme per field, or make the scheme declaration part of the value.

Tag omission #

The meta element is a void element. A meta element must have a start tag but must not have an end tag.

Permitted parent elements #

any element that can contain metadata elements

DOM interface #

interface HTMLMetaElement : HTMLElement {
           attribute DOMString name;
           attribute DOMString httpEquiv;
           attribute DOMString content;
};

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