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+## <a name="Meta_Data_Rendering"> Meta Data Rendering </a>
+
+Various meta data can be stored in topics - [[MetaDataDefinition]]
+
+This is rendered using the %META% variable. This is mostly used in the `view`, `preview` and `edit` scripts.
+
+At present support is fairly basic:
+
+<table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0">
+  <tr>
+    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Variable usage:</strong></th>
+    <th bgcolor="#99CCCC"><strong>Comment:</strong></th>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> %<nop>META{"form"}% </nop></td>
+    <td> Show form data, see [[TWikiDocumentation]]</td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> %<nop>META{"attachments"}% </nop></td>
+    <td> Show attachments, excluding hidden ones </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> options for attachments: </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> all="on" </td>
+    <td> Show all attachments i.e. including hidden ones </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> %<nop>META{"moved"}% </nop></td>
+    <td> Details of any topic moves </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> %<nop>META{"parent [options]"}% </nop></td>
+    <td> Show topic parent </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> options for parent: </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> dontrecurse="on" </td>
+    <td> By default recurses up tree, this has some cost </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> prefix="..." </td>
+    <td> Prefix that goes before parents, but only if there are parents, default "" </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> suffix="..." </td>
+    <td> Suffix, only appears if there are parents, default "" </td>
+  </tr>
+  <tr>
+    <td> seperator="..." </td>
+    <td> Seperator between parents, default is " &amp;gt; " </td>
+  </tr>
+</table>
+
+Possible future additions:
+
+* Rendering of form data to alternate formats e.g. bullet lists
+* Specify a template to be used for rendering
+
+%STOPINCLUDE% -- [[JohnTalintyre]] - 29 Aug 2001 <br />