> I have been asked to add standard meta tags to the web pages. I was only > aware of couple them like description and content-type, and wanted to make > sure about remaining meta tags
Well, it might be worthwhile to you to go back to your customer and ask what they want to accomplish with metadata. There are many potential consumers of metadata. What do they want people to be able to do with metadata? What do they want to keep track of? What are they currently keeping track of? I spend quite a bit of time dealing with this problem, because metadata is often used by search consumers. With large customers, we typically build a metadata taxonomy - the things they think their users want to be able to filter on in searches, for example. Here's an example of a site that takes advantage of this metadata: http://onepetro.org/ If you do a search here, for example, on "oil shale", you'll see a bunch of menu options on the right side that allow you to refine your search by author, publisher, document type, etc. That's all driven by metadata. I suggest you take a look at Dublin Core as a starting point. If you do a Google search for Dublin Core you'll get a lot of stuff, so you might just start with the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_Core If you're interested in Facebook integration, they have their own standard for metadata called Open Graph: http://developers.facebook.com/docs/opengraph/property-types/ Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:355564 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
