Question

I just ran across a html page which has some scripts. The script tag starts with the following line:

<script type="text/IMAN">

my question is what is a IMAN script?
I know javascript usually starts with <script type="text/javascript">

I changed to , now the page shows all the code.

Answer 1

Giving a browser a mime type that it doesn’t understand is a great way tell it to ignore your code…allowing you to store code snippets for later – this is most commonly used in templating like https://github.com/janl/mustache.js. Here is how it is used to store content:

<script type="text/template" id="template">
  <div>this is my hidden content for a popup</div>
</script>

var content = $('#template').html();
$('#popup').html(content).show();