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Html head tag

The HTML <head> tag represents the head section of the HTML document.

The <head> element can contain other HTML tags that contain metadata. Metadata provides information about the document such as title, description, keywords etc. A typical HTML document might contain a <title> tag, one or more <meta> tags, a <script> tag, and a <style> tag - all enclosed within the <head> element.

Most metadata are not displayed in the browser (although the title usually appears in the browser's title bar) but it can be useful for the functionality of the page.

Syntax

The <head> tag is written as <head></head> with the metadata content enclosed between the start and end tags. The <head> tag is placed between the opening and closing <html> tags.

Most HTML documents must have a <title> tag within the <head> tag (the only exceptions are: if the document is an <iframe> srcdoc document or if title information is available from a higher-level protocol, for example in the case of an HTML formatted email).

Like this:

<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
	<title>Page title...</title>
</head>
<body>
	Page body...
</body>
</html>

Differences Between HTML 4 & HTML 5

The profile attribute is not supported in HTML5.

To see more detail on the two versions see HTML5 <head> Tag and HTML4 <head> Tag. Also check out the links to the official specifications below.

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HTML Head Example

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HTML Head Code

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HTML Head Tutorial