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A printed book must always have some sort of title and chapters may have one as well. <TITLE> is the equivalent for HTML documents. It is a short (6 words or so) that describes the content of the page.

The information is displayed in the top of the window of the browser, or at the top of the screen. The content may also be used in WAIS searches.

This tag is mandatory

The title may use character entities for accented characters or other special characters but may not contain other markup.

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Warning: there are two possible meanings of this particular use of "id=". There is the normal use of "id=" and follow the link on the attribute name for more information on that use.

The second meaning is used exclusively by WebTV. It is the same as the "name=" attribute below so the explanation is shared. Their description is as follows:

"The name attribute can be used with client functions. However, client functions are not recommended for content developers. These functions are intended for use by WebTV Networks for developing basic WebTV functionality."
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