HTML and CSS Reference
In-Depth Information
er detail in other, more appropriate sections and chapters of this topic.
Briefly, the special header tags are:
<base>
and
<link>
Define the current document's base location and relationship to
other documents. [
<base>, 6.7.1
]
[
<link>, 6.7.2
]
<isindex>
Deprecated in HTML 4, the
<isindex>
tag at one time could be used
to create automatic document indexing forms, allowing users to
search databases of information using the current document as a
querying tool. [
<isindex>, 6.6.1
]
<nextid>
Not supported in HTML 4 or XHTML, the
<nextid>
tag tried to make
creation of unique labels easier when using document automation
tools. [
<nextid>, 6.8.2
]
<meta>
Provides additional document data not supplied by any of the other
<head>
tags.[
<meta>, 6.8.1
]
<object>
Defines methods by which the browser can render nonstandard ob-
jects.[
<object>, 12.2.1
]
<script>
Defines one or more scripts that elements within the document can
invoke.[
<script>, 12.3.1
]
