Revision 699733 of HTMLHeadElement

<div>
 {{ APIRef("HTML DOM") }}</div>
<p>The <strong><code>HTMLHeadElement</code></strong> interface contains the descriptive information, or metadata, for a document. This object inherits all of the properties and methods described in the {{ domxref("HTMLElement") }} interface.</p>
<h2 id="Properties">Properties</h2>
<p><em>Inherits properties from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>
<dl>
 <dt>
  {{domxref("HTMLHeadElement.profile")}} {{obsolete_inline}}</dt>
 <dd>
  Is a {{ domxref("DOMString") }} representing the URIs of one or more metadata profiles (white space separated).</dd>
</dl>
<h2 id="Methods">Methods</h2>
<p><em>No specific method; inherits methods from its parent, {{domxref("HTMLElement")}}.</em></p>
<h2 id="Specifications">Specifications</h2>
<table class="standard-table" height="167" width="1272">
 <tbody>
  <tr>
   <th scope="col">Specification</th>
   <th scope="col">Status</th>
   <th scope="col">Comment</th>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML WHATWG', "semantics.html#the-head-element", "HTMLHeadElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML WHATWG')}}</td>
   <td>No change from the latest snapshot, {{SpecName("HTML5.1")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5.1', "document-metadata.html#the-head-element", "HTMLHeadElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5.1')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName('HTML5 W3C')}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('HTML5 W3C', "document-metadata.html#the-head-element", "HTMLHeadElement")}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('HTML5 W3C')}}</td>
   <td>The following property has been removed: <code>profile</code>.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM2 HTML', 'html.html#ID-77253168', 'HTMLHeadElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM2 HTML')}}</td>
   <td>No change from {{SpecName("DOM1")}}.</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
   <td>{{SpecName('DOM1', 'level-one-html.html#ID-77253168', 'HTMLHeadElement')}}</td>
   <td>{{Spec2('DOM1')}}</td>
   <td>Initial definition.</td>
  </tr>
 </tbody>
</table>
<h2 id="Browser_compatibility">Browser compatibility</h2>
<p>{{CompatibilityTable}}</p>
<div id="compat-desktop">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Chrome</th>
    <th>Firefox (Gecko)</th>
    <th>Internet Explorer</th>
    <th>Opera</th>
    <th>Safari (WebKit)</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoDesktop(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><code>profile</code></td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>Support was removed in Gecko 7.0.</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<div id="compat-mobile">
 <table class="compat-table">
  <tbody>
   <tr>
    <th>Feature</th>
    <th>Android</th>
    <th>Firefox Mobile (Gecko)</th>
    <th>IE Phone</th>
    <th>Opera Mobile</th>
    <th>Safari Mobile</th>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td>Basic support</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatGeckoMobile(1.0)}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatVersionUnknown}}</td>
   </tr>
   <tr>
    <td><code>profile</code></td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>Support was removed in Gecko 7.0.</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
    <td>{{CompatNo}}</td>
   </tr>
  </tbody>
 </table>
</div>
<h2 id="See_also">See also</h2>
<ul>
 <li>The HTML element implementing this interface: {{ HTMLElement("head") }}</li>
</ul>