Title [Indigenous]

MODS Element: titleInfo

Element DefinitionA word, phrase, character, or group of characters, normally appearing in a resource, that names it or the work contained in it.
AILLA DefinitionThis is the title of the resource in an indigenous language of Latin America. This title might be a translation of the Spanish or English title, or those titles might be a translation of this one.

 

 

Form option

Title / Título = free text field

Language / Idioma = autosuggest drop down text field menu

Repeatable

No

Form Required?

Recommended (if origin language is not English or Spanish)

AILLA Required?Recommended (if origin language is not English or Spanish)

 

 

 

Subelement/Attribute Name

Definition/Description

Examples

XPath Syntax

Dublin Core

Language

Name of the language provided using the autosuggest drop down text field menu

Choosing the name from the autosuggest drop down text field menu will fill in the “?” in the @lang attribute with the correct iso639-3 character code

Mayan

mods:titleInfo[@lang=”?”]

to be added

Type

Alternative: Varying form of the title (not English or Spanish)

Test Collection

mods:titleInfo[@type=“alternative”]

to be added

Display label

Defines the text that is used to display near the text when displayed on Collection page on AILLA site

Title (Indigenous language)

mods:titleInfo[@displayLabel=”Title (Indigenous language)”]

to be added

Title

Chief title of the collection (ie. usually used when citing)

Test Collection

mods:titleInfo/mods:title

to be added
XML
<titleInfo type="alternative" displayLabel="Title (Indigenous language)" lang="maya">

   <title>Indigenous Title</title>

 </titleInfo>