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MODS Element: titleInfo

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Form field(s)

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Title- Text field (For uniform titles, use NAF preferred form. If none in NAF, consult VIAF.)

Primary Title?- (Yes or No) One title MUST to be designated as Primary, even if only one title is entered.

Title Type - Select alternative, translated, or uniform/preferred.

Title Language- Default English. If not eng, text field with prompt to enter ISO-639-2 language code)

Authority- If title type is "uniform" select "naf" or "viaf" here.

Subtitle- Text field. Optional field, is used when it is desired to include the information as a separate element. Alternatively, the subtitle value may be included as part of the title.

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Repeatable

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Yes

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Form Required?

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yes - at least one <titleInfo><title> with lang attribute required

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Subelement/Attribute Name

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Details

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XPath Syntax (coming soon)

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title

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subelement of titleInfo

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subTitle

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language

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attribute of titleInfo

values: eng as default; otherwise, any ISO-639-2 language codes

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displayLabel

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attribute of titleInfo

when type="alternative" use displayLabel="Also known as"

when type="uniform" use displayLabel="Uniform/preferred title"

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type

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attribute of titleInfo

Values: translated, alternative, uniform

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attribute of titleInfo

When multiple titles are stored, apply usage="primary" to one for display and/or citation purposes.

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attribute of titleInfo

When type="uniform" use authority="naf" or authority="viaf".

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attribute of titleInfo

Values: http://viaf.org/http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names.

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<titleInfo lang="lat">
<title>Canticum canticorum</title>
</titleInfo>

<titleInfo type="translated" lang="eng">
<title>Land surveying and agriculture equipment: a history</title>
</titleInfo>

<titleInfo type="alternative" lang="eng" displayLabel="Also known as">
<title>Bush-Cheney 2000</title>
</titleInfo>

<titleInfo type="uniform" displayLabel="Uniform/preferred title" lang="eng" authority="naf" authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names" usage="primary">
<title>Missale Carnotense</title>
</titleInfo>

<titleInfo lang="eng">
<title>Land surveying and agriculture equipment</title> 
<subTitle>a history</subTitle>
</titleInfo>

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map <titleInfo> and all subelements (such as optional <subTitle>) to <dc:title>. Prescribed punctuation separating elements of title need to be defined in XSLT and inserted during transformation.

map <titleInfo> and all subelements, including <subtitle>, to <dc:title>. Prescribed punctuation separating elements of title need to be defined in XSLT and inserted during transformation.

<dc:title>Land surveying and agriculture equipment: a history</dc:title>

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MARC 21 fields 130240245246247730740

<titleInfo type><title> = MARC 21 field 245

<titleInfo type><translated> = MARC 21 field 246

<titleInfo type><alternative> = MARC 21 field 246

<titleInfo type><uniform> = MARC 21 fields 130240730

MARC 21 field 247 is used for former title for Serials

MARC 21 field 740 is used for uncontrolled related titles

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Excerpt

see Title

Note

The Title statement of a DAMS Collection is not repeatable.