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REQUIRED REPEATABLE MULTILINGUAL

MODS Element: <titleInfo>

Short definition: Name given to the resource to be described.

Input guidelines: At least one Title with language attribute is required. Designate a primary title, even if only one title is entered. Variants of a Titles can be added to an asset's metadata, e.g. a translated title, alternative titles or uniform (authority-controlled) title forms. If entering additional titles, pay close attention to fields Title Type, Primary Title, and Authority. Input the title as it appears on the piece. Refer to content standards like CCO, RDA, DACS, or DCRM(x). For objects that don't have a title on the piece, provide a concise title that will assist end users in deciding whether to investigate a resource further. Otherwise, "primary title not available" will display in the DAMS. The subtitle may be included as part of the title or in an optional subtitle field to store and display the information as a separate element.

Title type is optional but recommended if applicable:

  • Uniform title: A title or form of title that is chosen to identify a work and is an authorized access point representing the work.   For uniform titles, indicate authority NAF or VIAF in the authority field.

  • Alternative title: Varying forms of title associated with the item, whether or not the title is on the piece.

  • Translated title: A title that has been translated into a different language. 

Indicate the language of the title by entering the appropriate three-letter language code from ISO-639-2 language codes.

Definition

A word, phrase, character, or group of characters, normally appearing in a resource, that names it or the work contained in it.

DAMS input form fields

DAMS form field nameform field typerequiredMODS elementCollections Portal displaynotes
Titletext fieldyestitle

Depending on the Title Type selected for the Title, title will display as:

  • Title (title marked as primary)
  • Translated Title
  • Alternative Title
  • Uniform Title
  • Other Title (no type selected, not primary)

Primary Title?

dropdown selection

  • yes
  • no
yes

titleInfo[@usage]

(attribute of titleInfo)

N/A

When entering multiple titles, designate one as primary for display and/or citation purposes. One title must be designated as primary even if only one title is entered.

Title Type

dropdown selection

  • (empty/none)
  • translated
  • alternative
  • uniform
no

titleInfo[@type]

(attribute of titleInfo)

Depending on the Title Type selection, a displayLabel attribute will be added to the titleInfo element:

  • empty/none:
    no displayLabel attribute
  • translated:
    no displayLabel attribute
  • alternative:
    titleInfo[@type="alternative" and @displayLabel="Also known as"]
  • uniform:
    titleInfo[@type="uniform" and @displayLabel="Uniform/preferred title"]

Depending on the type selected for the Title, title will display as:

  • Title (title marked as primary)
  • Translated Title
  • Alternative Title
  • Uniform Title
  • Other Title (no type selected, not primary)

Title Languagetext fieldyes

titleInfo[@lang]

(attribute of titleInfo)

N/A

Enter ISO-639-2 language code (3 letters).

(Title) Authority

dropdown selection

  • (empty/none)
  • naf
  • viaf
no

titleInfo[@authority]

(attribute of titleInfo)

N/A

When type="uniform", specify which authority was consulted. Options for searching uniform/preferred work titles are:

Subtitletext fieldnosubTitle

Depending on the Title Type selected for the Title, subtitle will display on an asset's landing page (full metadata view) as:

  • Subtitle (subtitle marked as primary)
  • Translated Subtitle
  • Alternative Subtitle
  • Uniform Subtitle
  • Other Subtitle (no type selected, not primary)

Subtitles will not show in the list of search results on the Collections portal. If you want subtitle information to show in the list of search results, include the subtitle information in the title field.

Entry here will display separately from title. Alternatively, include subtitle in Title field.


MODS Element description

Element <titleInfo>

http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/userguide/titleinfo.html

Guidelines for use

<titleInfo> is a container element that contains all subelements related to title information.

Attributes

Attribute nameDetailsXPath syntax examples
lang

values:

Enter ISO-639-2 language code (3 letters).

titleInfo[@lang="eng"]
type

values:

  • (empty/none)
  • translated
  • alternative
  • uniform

titleInfo[@type="translated"]

titleInfo[@type="uniform"]

displayLabel

Corresponds to the value for type:

  • when type="alternative", use displayLabel="Also known as"
  • when type="uniform", use displayLabel="Uniform/preferred title"
  • otherwise, do not add a displayLabel attribute
titleInfo[@displayLabel="Also known as"]
usage

value:

  • primary

When entering multiple titles, designate one as primary for display and/or citation purposes. One title must be designated as primary even if only one title is entered.

titleInfo[@usage="primary"]
authority

values:

  • (empty/none)
  • naf
  • viaf

When type="uniform", specify which authority was consulted. Options for searching uniform/preferred work titles are:

titleInfo[@authority="naf"]

titleInfo[@authority="viaf"]

authorityURIvalues:

titleInfo[@authorityURI="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names"]

titleInfo[@authorityURI="http://viaf.org/viaf/data"]

Subelements

The following subelements of <titleInfo> are used in the DAMS:

  • title
  • subTitle

Subelement titleInfo/title

Guidelines for use

The title proper is always contained in a title subelement.

Attributes

Currently no attributes for title are implemented in the DAMS.

Subelements

No subelements for title.

Subelement titleInfo/subTitle

Guidelines for use

Subtitles will not show in the list of search results on the Collections portal. If you want subtitle information to show in the list of search results, include the subtitle information in the title field.

Subtitles entered as a subTitle element will display separately from title. Alternatively, include subtitle with title.

Attributes

Currently no attributes for subTitle are implemented in the DAMS.

Subelements

No subelements for subTitle.


XML Examples


<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>

Mappings

Dublin Core

Depending on the direction of mapping necessary, check

The following specific guidelines apply for the DAMS:

Dublin Core fieldMapping conditionMODS elementNotes
dc:title
titleInfo/title
dc:title*
titleInfo/subTitle

The subTitle value is inserted immediately after title value, preceded by colon, space.

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

MARC 21

see http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/mods-mapping.html#title. The following specific guidelines apply for the DAMS:

MARC 21 fieldMapping conditionMODS elementNotes

245

MODS element has no type attribute

titleInfo/title

Approximate mapping.

MARC 21 field 245 contains the title statement, which may include subtitles, alternative and parallel titles. The title proper is in subfield a, other parts of the title including the subtitle and alternative/parallel titles are in subfield b.

242


titleInfo[@type="translated"]/title

Approximate mapping.

246MARC indicator 2 has value 1titleInfo[@type="translated"]/title

Approximate mapping.

Second indicator of MARC 21 field 246 has value 1 for Parallel Titles, i. e. titles in other languages.

246

MARC indicator 2 has no valuetitleInfo[@type="alternative"]/title

Approximate mapping.

Second indicator has no value for Alternative Titles. See also title statement in MARC 21 field 245.

740MARC indicator 2 has value other than 2titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/titleApproximate mapping.

130


titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/titleApproximate mapping.
240
titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/titleApproximate mapping.

730

MARC indicator 2 has value other than 2titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/titleApproximate mapping.

245$b

MODS element has no type attribute

titleInfo/subTitle

Approximate mapping.

MARC 21 field 245 contains the title statement, which may include subtitles, alternative and parallel titles. Subfield b may contain parallel titles.

242$b


titleInfo[@type="translated"]/subTitleApproximate mapping.
246$bMARC indicator 2 has value 1titleInfo[@type="translated"]/subTitleApproximate mapping.
246$bMARC indicator 2 has no valuetitleInfo[@type="alternative"]/subTitleApproximate mapping.
247
N/AMARC 21 field 247 contains former title(s) for serials. Currently there is no mapping target available for former titles in the DAMS MODS schema.

Solr

In general, all MODS metadata is imported into the DAMS Solr server upon ingest. The ingest process generates Solr fields typically named according to the following schema:

mods_value*_suffix

where

  • value* can be one or multiple element, subelement or attribute names that allow to distinguish Solr fields
  • suffix is s, t, ss, ms or mt, which refers to the type of data stored in a Solr field and how it is indexed. The Solr index usually contains multiple copies of each field with the same content, distinguished by their suffix.

The following table shows mappings between MODS elements and Solr fields for those fields that are currently used for display in the Collections portal, or where additional processing happens in Islandora or during the publishing process. Suffixes are ignored, unless relevant for the mapping.

DAMS metadata elementMapping conditionSolr DAMSSolr Collections portalNotes
titleInfo[@usage="primary"]/title
mods_title_primarymods_title_primary
titleInfo[@usage="primary"]/title
mods_titleInfo_title_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of titles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@usage="primary"]/subTitle
mods_subTitle_primaryN/Anot displayed in Collections portal
titleInfo[@usage="primary"]/subTitle
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of subtitles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo/titleno usage attribute, no type attributemods_title_othermods_title_other
titleInfo/titleno usage attribute, no type attributemods_titleInfo_title_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of titles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo/subTitleno usage attribute, no type attributemods_subTitle_othermods_subTitle_otherdisplayed as "Subtitle:" in Collections portal
titleInfo/subTitleno usage attribute, no type attributemods_titleInfo_subTitle_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of subtitles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="translated"]/title
mods_title_translatedmods_title_translated
titleInfo[@type="translated"]/title
mods_titleInfo_title_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of titles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="translated"]/subTitle
mods_subTitle_translatedmods_subTitle_translated
titleInfo[@type="translated"]/subTitle
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of subtitles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/title
mods_title_alternativemods_title_alternative
titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/title
mods_titleInfo_title_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of titles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/subTitle
mods_subTitle_alternativemods_subTitle_alternative
titleInfo[@type="alternative"]/subTitle
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of subtitles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/title
mods_title_uniformmods_title_uniform
titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/title
mods_titleInfo_title_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of titles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/subTitle
mods_subTitle_uniformmods_subTitle_uniform
titleInfo[@type="uniform"]/subTitle
mods_titleInfo_subTitle_msN/AMulti-valued Solr field with all different kinds of subtitles. Used for display in DAMS detailed metadata view.
dc:title
dc.titleN/ACf. MODS to Dublin Core metadata mapping. Multi-valued Solr field containing all kinds of title-subtitle combinations.