It contains machine-readable information (metadata) about the document. It must be the first element of an <html> element.
Metadata is not displayed and it typically defines the document title, character set, styles, scripts, and other meta information.
The following elements can go inside the <head> element:
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<title>(required in every HTML document) <style><base><link><meta><script><noscript>
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.
HTML5-compliant browsers automatically create a <head> element if its tags are omitted in the markup. This auto-creation is not guaranteed in ancient browsers.
- Type: -
- Self-closing: No
- Semantic value: No
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