META name vs. http-equiv

[Frank_Rizzo]

What's the difference between

<meta name="description" ....

and

<meta http-equiv="description" ....

I'm reading conflicting / confusing info when searching for the answer. Most say things on the lines of:

"The difference between HTTP-EQUIV and the NAME attribute is that HTTP-EQUIV entries are represenative of http headers, whereas the NAME arribute is more reflective of a property associated with the page."

So like what's that mean for Johnny Webmaster?

In another place I read that:

"NAME would be used by search engines and robots to index the keywords on your page.

HTTP-EQUIV however should be used either by the webserver that is hosting the page or the browser that is displaying the page to display the keyword list."

So what to do? Should I have both lines in there? One for apache, the users and their browsers and one to pacify the search engines?

<meta name="description" content="widget supplies">
<meta http-equiv="description" content="widget supplies">

[tedster]

You don't need 'http-equiv' for description or keywords, just 'name'.