head element | head object
[This documentation is preliminary and is subject to change.]
Provides an unordered collection of information about the document.
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Standards information
- HTML 4.01 Specification, Section 7.4.1
DOM Information
Inheritance Hierarchy
Node
Element
HTMLElement
head
Remarks
The head element provides information that does not affect the rendering of the document but could be of use to the application. The following tags are valid in this element:
Windows Internet Explorer 8 and later. The value of the profile attribute depends on the current document compatibility mode.
Examples
This example uses the HEAD element to create a document title.
<HEAD> <TITLE>A Simple Document</TITLE> </HEAD>
Build date: 3/8/2012
