<head>: The Document Metadata (Header) element
The <head>
HTML element contains machine-readable information (metadata) about the document, like its title, scripts, and style sheets.
Note: <head>
primarily holds information for machine processing, not human-readability. For human-visible information, like top-level headings and listed authors, see the <header>
element.
Content categories | None. |
---|---|
Permitted content |
If the document is an
Otherwise, one or more elements of metadata content where exactly one
is a |
Tag omission |
The start tag may be omitted if the first thing inside the
<head> element is an element.The end tag may be omitted if the first thing following the <head> element is not a space character or a comment.
|
Permitted parents | An <html> element, as its first child. |
Implicit ARIA role | No corresponding role |
Permitted ARIA roles | No role permitted |
DOM interface | HTMLHeadElement |
Attributes
This element includes the global attributes.
profile
-
The URIs of one or more metadata profiles, separated by white space.
Example
<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Document title</title>
</head>
</html>
Notes
HTML5-compliant browsers automatically create a <head>
element if its tags are omitted in the markup. This auto-creation is not guaranteed in ancient browsers.
Specifications
Specification |
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HTML Standard # the-head-element |
Browser compatibility
BCD tables only load in the browser
See also
- Elements that can be used inside the
<head>
: