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description: Learn about the required and optional metadata for Microsoft Learn documentation.
author: sarah-barrett
ms.author: sabarret
ms.reviewer: jasonh
ms.date: 10/13/2021
ms.date: 05/01/2025
ms.topic: contributor-guide
ms.service: learn
ms.custom: external-contributor-guide
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| <code>description</code> | A summary of the content. 75-300 characters. | Used in site search. Sometimes used on a search engine results page for improved SEO. |
| <code>ms.author</code> |The author's Microsoft alias, *without* "@microsoft.com". If you aren't a Microsoft employee, find a suitable Microsoft employee to use in this field. | Identifies the article's owner. The owner is responsible for decisions about the content of the article, and for the article's reporting and BI. |
| <code>ms.date</code> | A date in the format MM/DD/YYYY. | Displayed on the published page to indicate the last time the article was substantially edited or guaranteed fresh. The date is entered without time and is interpreted as 0:00 and in the UTC time zone. The date displayed to users is converted to their time zone. |
| <code>ms.service</code> |The primary Microsoft offering the content is about.| Identifies Microsoft offering.<br/><br/>|
| <code>ms.topic</code> | Usually one of the following values:<br/><br/><code>article</code>, <code>conceptual</code>, <code>contributor-guide</code>, <code>overview</code>, <code>quickstart</code>, <code>reference</code>, <code>sample</code>, <code>tutorial</code>. | Identifies the type of content for reporting purposes. |
| <code>title</code> | The page title. | This is the page title that's displayed on the browser tab. It's the most important metadata for SEO. |

Attributes are case-sensitive. Enter them exactly as listed, and use a colon and a space between the attributes and the value. If an attribute value includes a colon (:), a hash (#), or any other special character, you must enclose it either single (') or double (") quotes. For example:
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