Attributes

This element includes the global attributes.

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

Examples

html

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en-US">
  <head>
    <meta charset="UTF-8" />
    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width" />
    <title>Document title</title>
  </head>
</html>

Technical summary

Content categories	None.
Permitted content	If the document is an `<iframe>` `srcdoc` document, or if title information is available from a higher level protocol (like the subject line in HTML email), zero or more elements of metadata content. Otherwise, one or more elements of metadata content where exactly one is a `<title>` element.
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`

Specifications

Specification
HTML # the-head-element

Browser compatibility

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Attributes

Examples

Technical summary

Specifications

Browser compatibility

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