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Meta tag: do I use name or id?

I saw that in HTML5, you don't use the name attribute, but use the id attribute, instead. I also saw that you write metadata with the name attribute. So which one of them should I use while writing metadata? 

<meta name="" content="">

OR 

<meta id="" content="">`
Solution

  • you don't use the name attribute, but use the id attribute

    This only applies to a elements (whose name attribute is deprecated in favor of giving the closest element a corresponding ID). It doesn't apply to any other element with a name attribute, neither input, nor meta. In other words, you cannot replace the name attribute with an ID for any other element. Anyone suggesting otherwise is wrong.