HTML Class - Fall 2002

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HTML Head

The Head Element

The head element contains general information, also called meta-information, about a document. Meta means "information about".

You can say that meta-data means information about data, or meta-information means information about information.

Information Inside the Head Element

The elements inside the head element should not be displayed by a browser. 

According to the HTML standard, only a few tags are legal inside the head section. These are: <base>, <link>, <meta>, <title>, <style>, and <script>. 

Head Tags

Tag Description
<head> Defines information about the document
<title> Defines the document title
<link> Defines a resource reference
<meta> Defines meta information

Tag Description
<!DOCTYPE> Defines the document type. This tag goes before the <html> start tag.





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