I'm really new to HTML and have been teaching myself from books.
However, I just CAN'T get my head around the purpose of meta data. Please can somebody explain to me in clear English what it is for and what should be put in that element?
All the books I have looked at try to explain it too technically and I end up getting more confused.
I have bypassed this in order to learn the rest of the HTML coding, but I'm sure the meta data is there for a reason and could be vital. Therefore, any explanation of what it is / does would be wonderful.
Thanks.


