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<metadata>

The metadata element serves as a container for information about the document using a metadata schema.

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<speak version="1.0"
       xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.w3.org/2001/10/synthesis
                 http://www.w3.org/TR/speech-synthesis/synthesis.xsd"
       xml:lang="en-US">

  <metadata>
   <rdf:RDF
       xmlns:rdf = "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"
       xmlns:rdfs = "http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#"
       xmlns:dc = "http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/">

    <!-- Metadata about the synthesis document -->
    <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.example.com/meta.ssml"
       dc:Title="Hamlet-like Soliloquy"
       dc:Description="Aldine's Soliloquy in the style of Hamlet"
       dc:Publisher="W3C"
       dc:Language="en-US"
       dc:Date="2002-11-29"
       dc:Rights="Copyright 2002 Aldine Turnbet"
       dc:Format="application/ssml+xml" >                
       <dc:Creator>
          <rdf:Seq ID="CreatorsAlphabeticalBySurname">
             <rdf:li>William Shakespeare</rdf:li>
             <rdf:li>Aldine Turnbet</rdf:li>
          </rdf:Seq>
       </dc:Creator>
    </rdf:Description>
   </rdf:RDF>
  </metadata>

</speak>

Attributes

none

Children

Any valid Resource Description Format [RDF] XML.

Parents

<speak>

Source: Speech Synthesis Markup Language (SSML) Version 1.0