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Standard 7.8

The mandatory elements that make up the metatag for any given Web page must correspond to the page's official language.

Interpretation

In this standard the element of the metatag that makes up the content must be provided in the language of the page in which it is embedded.

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Metadata

Complete Metatag = <meta name="Title" content="Important Notices">

Meta element name: "Title", "Originator", "Language of Resource", "Date" and " Controlled Subject"

These names are represented in English only.

Meta element content =  is name of the content within the Element Name

  • The content of the name placed between quotation marks must reflect the language of the page in which it is embedded.

See example of metadata for a page:

<meta name="title" content="enter the title in English or French">
<meta name="originator" content="enter the Originator in English or French">
<meta name="language_of_resource" content="enter the language of resource" eng or fre">
<meta name="date_created" content="enter the date created date">
<meta name="controlled_subject_terms" content="enter the controlled subject terms" in English or French">

Metadata for an English content page:

<meta name="title" content="216 Web-safe Colours">
<meta name="originator" content="Government of Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Chief Information Officer Branch, Information Policy">
<meta name="controlled_subject_terms" content="CIO, IP, CLF, Common, Look, Feel, 216, colours, web-safe, websafe, safe">
<meta name="language_of_resource" content="eng">
<meta name="date_created" content="2001-07-04">

Metadata for a French content page:

<meta name="title" content="216 couleurs recommandées pour le Web>
<meta name="originator" content="Gouvernement du Canada, Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor, Direction du dirigeant principal de l'information, Politique de l'information">
<meta name="controlled_subject_terms" content="DPI, PI, UPE, Uniformité, présentation, exploitation, 216, couleur, recommandées, RGB, HEX">
<meta name="language_of_resource" content="fre">
<meta name="date_created" content="2001-07-04">


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