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<param>

<param
id=value
name=name
type=type
value=value
valuetype=type
</param>

Sets property values for a given object. The end-tag is optional.

This tag is valid only within the <object> tag.

Attributes

id=value

Specifies a unique name for the tag. No two tags can have the same id on a single page. The value must begin with a letter followed by any alphanumeric character, a hyphen, an underscore, a colon or a full stop. You use it to reference a unique style for a tag or to manipulate the tag with a script.

name=name

Specifies the property name.

type=type

Specifies the Internet media type.

value=value

Specifies the property value. The value is passed to the object without change except that any character or numeric character entities are replaced with their corresponding character values.

valuetype=type

Specifies how to interpret the value. One of:

Value…

Description…

DATA

The value is data. This is the default value type.

REF

The value is a URL.

OBJECT

The value is a URL of an object in the same page.