HTML meta viewport element
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The HTML meta viewport element is a meta tag used in responsive web design to control how a webpage is scaled and displayed on different devices, especially mobile screens.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| HTML meta viewport element canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3050164 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HTML meta viewport element Context triple: [CSS Device Adaptation Module, relatedTo, HTML meta viewport element]
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A.
HTML5
HTML5 is the fifth major version of the HyperText Markup Language standard, introducing modern web features such as semantic elements, native audio and video, and enhanced APIs for building rich, interactive web applications.
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B.
CSS Device Adaptation Module
The CSS Device Adaptation Module is a W3C CSS specification that defines how web content can adapt its layout and viewport to different devices and screen characteristics.
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C.
CSS Fullscreen Module Level 1
CSS Fullscreen Module Level 1 is a W3C specification that defines how CSS should behave and be applied when elements are presented in fullscreen mode.
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D.
Retina display
Retina display is Apple’s high-resolution screen technology designed to make pixels virtually indistinguishable to the human eye for sharper, more detailed visuals.
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E.
CSS Scroll Snap Module
The CSS Scroll Snap Module is a web standard that enables precise, snap-based scrolling behavior for scroll containers and their child elements in modern browsers.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: HTML meta viewport element Target entity description: The HTML meta viewport element is a meta tag used in responsive web design to control how a webpage is scaled and displayed on different devices, especially mobile screens.
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A.
HTML5
HTML5 is the fifth major version of the HyperText Markup Language standard, introducing modern web features such as semantic elements, native audio and video, and enhanced APIs for building rich, interactive web applications.
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B.
CSS Device Adaptation Module
The CSS Device Adaptation Module is a W3C CSS specification that defines how web content can adapt its layout and viewport to different devices and screen characteristics.
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C.
CSS Fullscreen Module Level 1
CSS Fullscreen Module Level 1 is a W3C specification that defines how CSS should behave and be applied when elements are presented in fullscreen mode.
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D.
Retina display
Retina display is Apple’s high-resolution screen technology designed to make pixels virtually indistinguishable to the human eye for sharper, more detailed visuals.
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E.
CSS Scroll Snap Module
The CSS Scroll Snap Module is a web standard that enables precise, snap-based scrolling behavior for scroll containers and their child elements in modern browsers.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
HTML element
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HTML meta element ⓘ responsive web design technique ⓘ |
| affects |
layout of responsive pages
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rendering on mobile browsers ⓘ zoom behavior on touch devices ⓘ |
| attribute |
content
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name="viewport" ⓘ |
| bestPractice |
avoid disabling user zoom
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set initial-scale=1.0 ⓘ use width=device-width for responsive layouts ⓘ |
| canDisable | user zooming ⓘ |
| canSet |
fixed zoom level
ⓘ
scaling limits ⓘ |
| category |
HTML head metadata
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web development ⓘ |
| commonlyPlacedIn | <head> element ⓘ |
| commonlyUsedWith |
height=device-height
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initial-scale=1.0 ⓘ maximum-scale ⓘ minimum-scale ⓘ user-scalable ⓘ width=device-width ⓘ |
| controls |
height of the viewport
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initial zoom level ⓘ layout viewport ⓘ page scaling behavior ⓘ user zooming capability ⓘ width of the viewport ⓘ |
| defaultBehaviorWithout | page rendered as desktop layout scaled down ⓘ |
| definedInSpecification |
HTML5
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surface form:
HTML5 specification
|
| hasName | viewport meta tag ⓘ |
| improves |
readability on mobile devices
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usability on small screens ⓘ |
| interpretedBy |
desktop browsers with zoom features
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mobile browsers ⓘ tablet browsers ⓘ |
| introducedFor | mobile web browsing ⓘ |
| primaryPurpose | control viewport size and scale on mobile devices ⓘ |
| recommendedBy | Google for mobile-friendly pages ⓘ |
| relatedConcept |
CSS media queries
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device pixel ratio ⓘ layout viewport ⓘ visual viewport ⓘ |
| supportedBy | most modern mobile browsers ⓘ |
| syntaxExample | <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"> ⓘ |
| usedIn | responsive web design ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: HTML meta viewport element Description of subject: The HTML meta viewport element is a meta tag used in responsive web design to control how a webpage is scaled and displayed on different devices, especially mobile screens.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.