3. Title

Obligation: Mandatory

Occurrences: 1-n

Definition: A name or title by which a resource is known. May be the title of a dataset or the name of a piece of software or an instrument.

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Free text.

Sub-properties:

Example XML

<titles>
    <title xml:lang="en">Example title</title>
    <title xml:lang="en" titleType="Subtitle">Example subtitle</title>
</titles>

3.a titleType

Occurrences: 0-1

Definition: The type of Title (other than the Main Title).

Allowed values, examples, other constraints:

Controlled List Values:

  • AlternativeTitle

  • Subtitle

  • TranslatedTitle

  • Other

The titleType subproperty is used when more than a single title is provided. Unless otherwise indicated by titleType, a title is considered to be the main title.