This section provides a word, phrase, character, or group of characters, normally appearing in a resource, that names it or the work contained in it. This information may also be assigned when a given title has not been provided.
titleInfo is a parent element which has the following components:
Attributes:
type
authority
xlink
ID
Subelements:
title
subTitle
partNumber
partName
nonSort
Usage Note
Capitalize any initial articles (a, an, the, or foreign language equivalents); capitalize first significant word and any proper names (personal, organizations, corporate).
Example(s)
Investigation of Strongly Correlated Electron Systems with Cellular Dynamical Mean Field Theory; Japanese Students and Visitors in New Brunswick, 1871
"main": a word, phrase, character, or group of characters, normally appearing in a chief title of resource, that names it or the work contained in it.
"uniform": identifies an item if it has appeared under varying titles.
"abbreviated": used for a shorten title.
"alternative": an alternative form of the title when it differs substantially from the
title and is considered important in providing further identification of the resource.
"translated": used for titles translated from one language to another.
Name
titleInfoAuthority
Label
n/a; does not appear on form
Definition
The name of the authoritative list for a controlled value is recorded here. An authority attribute may be used to indicate that a title is controlled by a record in an authority file (e.g. authority="naf"). A list of authority files is maintained at: www.loc.gov/marc/sourcecode/authorityfile/authorityfilesource.html.
Controlled Vocabulary
naf (Library of Congress Name Authority File [http://authorities.loc.gov/])
Name
titleInfoXlink
Label
n/a; does not appear on form
Definition
This attribute is used for an external link.
Name
titleInfoID
Label
n/a; does not appear on form
Definition
This attribute is used to link internally and to reference an element from outside the instance.
Usage Note
Uniform titles will have system-assigned IDs, to support contribution to authority files.
Name
titleInfoTitle
Label
Title Information - Title
Definition
A word, phrase, character, or group of characters that constitutes the chief title of a resource (i.e. the title normally used when citing the resource).
Usage Note
Transcribe title exactly as it appears on item, even if there are spelling or grammatical errors. A title may be provided in cases where a title is not evident on the item. In such cases, the source of title is provided in a note. Titles may be provided in supplied dates when this information is considered to be relevant.
Controlled Vocabulary
n/a; supplied from resource or assigned by cataloger.
Example(s)
Paterson Sunday Chronicle; Count Basie greets Peter Cavello
Name
titleInfoSubTitle
Label
Title Information - Subtitle
Definition
A word, phrase, character, or group of characters that contains the remainder of the title information after the title proper.
Usage Note
Provide when it is necessary to include this information as separate from title. This information follows the main title and is preceded by a colon.
Controlled Vocabulary
n/a; supplied from resource or assigned by cataloger.
Example(s)
Paterson Sunday Chronicle: a compilation of the years 1950-1970; Count Basie greets Peter Cavello: giants of jazz
Name
titleInfoPartNumber
Label
Title Information - Part Number
Definition
Indicates a part or section number of a title. This information follows the main title or the subtitle (when present) and is preceded by a period.
