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Expand Up @@ -13,7 +13,15 @@ The {{htmlelement("meta")}} element can be used to provide document metadata in

The HTML specification defines the following set of standard metadata names:

- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page.
- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page. Only use this if the page is a web application. To provide translations, use multiple `<meta>` tags with the `lang` attribute for each language.
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the "Only use this if the page is a web application." is kind of in the note following this, so let's edit the note with this instead.

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- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page. Only use this if the page is a web application. To provide translations, use multiple `<meta>` tags with the `lang` attribute for each language.
- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page.
To provide translations, use multiple `<meta>` tags with the `lang` attribute for each language.
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- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page. Only use this if the page is a web application. To provide translations, use multiple `<meta>` tags with the `lang` attribute for each language.
- `application-name`: the name of the application running in the web page.

then edit note.


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To provide translations, use multiple `<meta>` tags with the `lang` attribute for each language:

```html
<!-- English name -->
<meta name="application-name" content="Weather Wizard" lang="en" />

<!-- Spanish translation -->
<meta name="application-name" content="Mago del Clima" lang="es" />
```

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