How to add an image to an event with Microdata meta tag?
Using microdata, is there a way to add an image into an Event by using a meta tag?
In the official Microdata site I see the option of adding images to events:
<img itemprop="image" src="image.jpg" alt="An image"/>
which works fine. However, I wonder if it is possible to add that image by using something like:
<meta itemprop="image" src="image.jpg" />
which according to my tests does not work.
Instead of using the meta
element, you must use the link
element (because the value is a URI):
<link itemprop="image" href="image.jpg" />
This is required by HTML5 (bold emphasis mine):
The
meta
element represents various kinds of metadata that cannot be expressed using the […]link
[…] elements.
And it’s also explicitly required by Microdata.
I just found the answer myself. For the record, meta tags must specify their value with the content attribute:
<meta itemprop="image" content="image.jpg" />