head Element
Description
The head
element contains the metadata for the document.
In HTML, metadata has the information about the content and markup in the document. It cal also include scripts and references to external resources, such as CSS stylesheets.
The title
element inside the head
element is required; other metadata elements are optional.
Example
The following code shows the head
element in use.
Every HTML document should contain a head
element and it
must contain a title
element, as shown in the code.
<!DOCTYPE HTML>
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello</title>
</head>
</html>
Metadata Elements
The metadata elements are not content themselves, but they provide information about the content that follows.
Metadata elements are added to the head element.