What is <meta name="omni_page" />? I only see it on Apple.com pages, and it doesn't look like anything I've seen in the standards.
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The META tag and NAME attribute are part of the w3c spec, see: Specifying meta data.
It does seem a bit strange that the meta data only includes a name, though.
Justin Ethier
2010-03-22 17:24:37
Actually it's different on each page, and they seem to include values. The front page has <meta name="omni_page" content="Apple - Index" /> , /mac/ has <meta name="omni_page" content="Mac - Index" /> , etc.
mtwstudios
2010-03-22 17:26:45
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From my search, I got this (for iPod Touch).
<meta name="omni_page" content="iPod touch - Index" />
"*omni_page*" basically suggest that the developer using a product from The Omni Group
Their website suggests,
The Omni Group is an elite team of special forces who develop productivity applications exclusively for Mac OS X and iPhone. We're known for our awesome software, gold-standard customer support, and palpable geekery.
They also have a product called OmniAppKit which is an extension to Apple's AppKit.framework.
I think it's Omni Content generation which basically generates a meta tag for their pages for easy debugging purposes (or am I wrong?)
The Elite Gentleman
2010-03-22 17:32:58
Could also be about Nuance's OmniPage OCR: http://www.nuance.com/imaging/products/omnipage.asp
Andrew Moore
2010-03-22 17:37:10
@The Elite Gentleman: You're the one assuming that the iPhone has something to do with it.
Andrew Moore
2010-03-23 12:28:14
@Andrew Moore, my example has an example of the iPod Touch (and not iPhone) so I was wondering if the product works for iPod Touch (sorry, not iPhone).
The Elite Gentleman
2010-03-23 20:27:53
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I believe this is used by the Omniture web analytics software. http://www.omniture.com/
Daniel Papasian
2010-03-22 17:42:43
Interesting, Abode acquired Omniture (http://www.omniture.com/en/company/adobe_faq) so Apple is feeding analytical data to Adobe.
The Elite Gentleman
2010-03-22 17:51:12
Oddly, the Omniture site doesn't use the tags, but this guess would make the most sense.
chimerical
2010-03-25 08:16:36