Ebooks are divided into individual resources, representing specific portions of the work (page, chapter, etc.) called Content Document. Each of these resources is contained in a file and must contain a data in the source code that allows to write it or provide information about it. This reference relates to the metadata which, as its name indicates, allows to describe the page.

Objectives

• Allow search and indexing tools to retrieve information about page content.
• Improve the return to users of search results.
• Improve content support by search engines and indexing tools.

Implementation

• When creating content, think about creating a short description of each portion of the book
• Populate the meta name="description" content="" tag, or a functional equivalent, with the description of the content.

Control

• In the source code of each page examined, check for the presence of the <meta name="description" content="décrire ici le contenu"> tag or an equivalent using, for example, browser development tools.
• Check that the text in this tag accurately describes the content of the page, either specifically or more generally.