outputText tag fails to display text

Given the following code the application executes and displays "some text" on the browser page but fails to display any data in the outputText tags:

jsp page:

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/core" prefix="f" %>

<%@ taglib uri="http://java.sun.com/jsf/html" prefix="h" %>

<f:view>

<html>

<head>

<title><h:outputText value="title test"/></title>

<h:outputTextvalue="#{welcome.title}"/>

<head>

<body>

some text

</body>

</html>

Welcome.java:

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public class WelcomeBean extends AbstractViewController {

private String title = "Welcome";

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public String getTitle() {

return title;

}

public void setTitle(String title) {

this.title = title;

}

faces-config.xml:

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<managed-bean>

<managed-bean-name>welcome</managed-bean-name>

<managed-bean-class>base.Welcome</managed-bean-class>

<managed-bean-scope>session</managed-bean-scope>

<managed-property>

<property-name>title</property-name>

<null-value/>

</managed-property>

</managed-bean>

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Everything about the application works except the outputText tags?

[1457 byte] By [algarve55a] at [2007-10-3 0:20:35]
# 1
Do you have included the closing tag </f:view> ?
BalusCa at 2007-7-14 17:12:06 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 2
yes
algarve55a at 2007-7-14 17:12:06 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 3
Put the h:outputText outside the <head> in the <body> and see if this works.
BalusCa at 2007-7-14 17:12:06 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...
# 4
...continues to fail to display text in outputText tag when placed outside <head> and <body> tags -all of the standard HTML is displayed properly and no errors are returned when the jsp page is displayed.
algarve55a at 2007-7-14 17:12:06 > top of Java-index,Enterprise & Remote Computing,Web Tier APIs...