Editing Meta element (section)

==Alternative to <code>meta</code> elements==
{{See also|Semantic web|HTML5#Markup}}
Some HTML elements and attributes already handle certain pieces of meta data and may be used by authors instead of META to specify those pieces: the TITLE element, the ADDRESS element, the INS and DEL elements, the title attribute, and the cite attribute.<ref name="w3.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/struct/global.html#h-7.4.4|title=The global structure of an HTML document|website=www.w3.org|language=en|access-date=2018-10-15}}</ref>

An alternative to <code>meta</code> elements for enhanced subject access within a website is the use of a back-of-book-style index for the website.{{cn|date=October 2022}} See the [http://www.asindexing.org American Society of Indexers] website for an example.

In 1994, [[Aliweb|ALIWEB]], also used an index file to provide the type of information commonly found in meta keywords attributes.{{undue inline|date=October 2022}}

In cases where the content attribute's value is a URL, many authors decide to use a link element with a proper value for its rel attribute as well.<ref name="w3.org"/>

For a comparison on when it is best to use HTTP-headers, meta-elements, or attributes in the case of language specification: [http://www.w3.org/International/questions/qa-http-and-lang see here].