head

Summary

The HTML <head> element represents a collection of metadata about the document, including links to or definitions of scripts and style sheets.

Usage context

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	One <title> element, an optional <base> element, and any number of metadata elements, in any order. In HTML5, the <object> is no longer allowed as a child of <head>.
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 parent elements	<html>
Normative document	HTML 5, section 4.2.1;  HTML 4.01, section 7.4.1

Attributes

Like all HTML elements, this element accepts the global attributes.

profile HTML 4 only, Obsolete in HTML5

The URIs of one or more metadata profiles, separated by white space.

DOM interface

This element implements the HTMLHeadElement interface.

Example

<html>
  <head>
    <title>Document title</title>
  </head>
</html>

Notes

Most browsers automatically construct a <head> element if the tags are omitted in the markup. However some do not.
These browsers were tested as not creating a head element automatically: Android <=1.6, iPhone <=3.1.3, Nokia 90, Opera <=9.27, and Safari <=3.2.1.

Browser compatibility

See also

• Elements that can be used inside a <head> element: <title>, <base>, <link>, <style>, <meta>, <script>, <noscript>, <command>