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</div>
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+<a name="TWikiMetaData"></a>
# <a name="TWiki Meta Data"></a> TWiki Meta Data
> **Example of Format**
>
-> %META:TOPICINFO{version="1.6" date="976762663" author="PeterThoeny" format="1.0"}%
+> %META:TOPICINFO{version="1.6" date="976762663" author="LastEditorWikiName" format="1.0"}%
> text of the topic
> %META:TOPICMOVED{from="Codev.OldName" to="Codev.NewName"
-> by="JohnTalintyre" date="976762680"}%
+> by="TopicMoverWikiName" date="976762680"}%
> %META:TOPICPARENT{name="NavigationByTopicContext"}%
> %META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="Sample.txt" version="1.3" ... }%
> %META:FILEATTACHMENT{name="Smile.gif" version="1.1" ... }%
## <a name="Viewing Meta Data in Page Source"></a> Viewing Meta Data in Page Source
-When viewing a topic the <code>**Raw Text**</code> link can be clicked to show the text of a topic (i.e., as seen when editing). This is done by adding `raw=on` to URL. `raw=debug` shows the meta data as well as the topic data, ex: [debug view for this topic](http://www.dementia.org/twiki//view/%WEB%/%TOPIC%?raw=debug)
+When viewing a topic the <code>**Raw Text**</code> link can be clicked to show the text of a topic (i.e., as seen when editing). This is done by adding `raw=on` to URL. `raw=debug` shows the meta data as well as the topic data, ex: [[debug view for this topic|%WEB%/%TOPIC%?raw=debug]]
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Meta Data is rendered with the %META% variable. This is mostly used in the `view`, `preview` and `edit` scripts.
-**_Note:_** Rendering meta data is currently not supported in topic text. As a workaround, use [[FormattedSearch]] on the current topic only to render form fields.
+You can render form fields in topic text by using the FORMFIELD variable. Example:%BR% `%FORMFIELD{"TopicClassification"}%` %BR% For details, see [[TWikiVariables#VarFORMFIELD]].
Current support covers:
At present, there is no Meta Data support for Plugins. However, the format is readily extendable and the `Meta.pm` code that supports the format needs only minor alteration.
--- TWiki:Main.JohnTalintyre - 29 Aug 2001 %BR% -- TWiki:Main.MikeMannix - 03 Dec 2001 %BR% -- TWiki:Main.PeterThoeny - 15 Aug 2004
+**_Related Topics:_** [[DeveloperDocumentationCategory]], [[UserDocumentationCategory]]