# Metadata in documents

**URL:** <https://talk.commonmark.org/t/metadata-in-documents/721>\
**Category:** Extensions\
**Created:** [September 28, 2014, 1:02am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/metadata-in-documents/721 "2014-09-28T01:02:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![mofosyne](https://cdn.commonmark.org/user_avatar/talk.commonmark.org/mofosyne/32/1438_2.png) [@mofosyne](https://talk.commonmark.org/u/mofosyne)\
**Post date:** [October 30, 2014, 6:15am UTC](https://talk.commonmark.org/t/metadata-in-documents/721/19 "2014-10-30T06:15:03Z")

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Aye, posted.

Initially thought for html representation of metadata, is to put it in attribute. But then I noticed that in resumes, people would type address and contact details in the same format. So I switch to div tags, but that seems rather limiting.

I think the best option for representing metadata is [http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag\_dl.asp](http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_dl.asp) . It was recommended in [html5 doctor](http://html5doctor.com/the-dl-element/). Incidentally there is a talk on [description list here in this site](http://talk.commonmark.org/t/description-list/289) e.g.

```
<h1>Authorship</h1>
<dl class="metadata authorship" >
  <dt>Authors:</dt>
  <dd>Remy Sharp</dd>
  <dd>Rich Clark</dd>
  <dt>Editor:</dt>
  <dd>Brandan Lennox</dd>
  <dt>Category:</dt>
  <dd>Comment</dd>
</dl>
```

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