Support for META tags / Module converting taxonomy terms in META tags

Hi,

I'm looking for some time (since 2005 to be precise ;) for features in Drupal core (currently: 5.x) itself or modules which would support META tags. Since I'm for sure not the only one needing this, there might be modules or discussions I've missed, or I've searched for the wrong terms.

What I'm looking for is some functionality, that ideally generates META tags automatically from the terms in the taxonomy (which mostly would be the terms I'd put in the META keywords anyway). This should be editable (like Taxonomy's free tagging), and updateable when changing taxonomy terms.

Also, I'd like to have some functionality that - in a similar way - automatically generates the META description from the teaser text and cuts it, if the teaser is too long; this should be editable, also, and be updateable.

As far as I've come to know Drupal in the last few years, Drupal core doesn't support META tags at all. Maybe I've missed something, Drupal is always good for surprises. The only module I could find is "Nodewords" (http://drupal.org/project/nodewords), which caused in Drupal 4.6/4.7 very ugly problems ("Fatal error") and still does in Drupal 5.1.

Are there alternatives for 5.x (for earlier versions, there was e.g. a module called "keywords" which is abandoned/has not been ported to 5.x) that I've missed so far, or is the only way to get META tag support in Drupal to fix the problems with the "Nodewords" module?

However, I'd appreciate it, if someone could point me in the right direction.

Regards, asb

Addendum: I file a bug report for "Nodewaords" at http://drupal.org/node/161080