The stuff that describes the document

head

The head element comprises subordinate elements for the purpose of describing the document, its context, and its dependencies.

Every document must have a head element, and it should be the first descendent of the document's html element. At a minimum, the head must have a title element. Most documents will also have one or more meta and link elements.

Example

html {
    head {
        title Just Beyond the Thorny Divide
        meta *charset=UTF-8
        meta *name=description *content="A Series of Unhappy Events in Corslandia"
        link `/css/thorny-divide.css` *rel=styleheet
    }    
}

The head element

Ancestor

html: The html element is the outermost envelope for the composition. It is often called the root element because HTML uses a hierarchical structure.

Descendants

title: The title element uses plain language to convey to prospective readers what the composition is about.

meta: Each meta element describes one facet of information about the document itself.

base: The base element overrides the document's point of reference.

link: The link element specifies where the browser can find additional resources needed to properly render the document.

style: The style element is used to declare CSS rules that will be applied to the document.

script: A script element allows the JavaScript language to be used to respond to user actions.