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<alt-title> Alternate Title

An alternative or different version of the title of a work.

Usage/Remarks

Usage
The alternative version of the title of a work is typically created so that the title can be processed in a specific way, for example, a short version of the title for use in a Table of Contents, an ASCII-only title for display on restricted devices, a left-running-head title for a print publication, etc.

Best Practice

This element should not be used for either the translated title <trans-title> (which is an alternative version of a title in another language) or the subtitle <subtitle> (which is an addition to the title).
Related Elements
There are several elements concerned with the title of a book or the title of a book component. Such titles are contained within either the container element <book-title-group> (inside the <book-meta>) or the container element <title-group> (inside book parts, Tables of Contents, Indexes, etc.):
  • The <book-title> is the full title of the entire book in the original language of the document.
  • Book parts, such as a Dedication, a chapter, an appendix, an Index, or a Table of Contents, use the element <title> for their full titles in the original language of the document.
  • The <subtitle> is a subordinate or auxiliary title that adds information to one of the full titles or modifies a full title. Subtitles may modify either <book-title>s or structural <title>s.
  • The <alt-title> is another version of a book title or a structural title, usually created so that the title can be processed in a special way, for example, a short version of the title for use in a Table of Contents, an ASCII title, a title without equations, or a version of the title to be used in the right-running-head.
  • The <trans-title-group> is also a container element (inside either a <book-title-group> or a <title-group>) that holds together a translated title (<trans-title>) and its translated subtitle (<trans-subtitle>). The translated title is a version of the title translated into a language other than the original language of publication, and the matching subtitle is a version of the subtitle translated into a language other than the original language.
Attributes
alt-title-type
specific-use

Base Attributes

id
xml:base
xml:lang
Models and Context
May be contained in
<abstract>, <ack>, <answer>, <answer-set>, <app>, <app-group>, <bio>, <book-title-group>, <explanation>, <index-title-group>, <notes>, <option>, <question>, <question-preamble>, <question-wrap-group>, <sec>, <title-group>, <toc-title-group>, <trans-abstract>
Description
Any combination of:
Content Model
<!ELEMENT  alt-title    (#PCDATA %alt-title-elements;)*              >
Expanded Content Model

(#PCDATA | email | ext-link | uri | inline-supplementary-material | related-article | related-object | hr | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | overline-start | overline-end | roman | sans-serif | sc | serif | strike | underline | underline-start | underline-end | ruby | alternatives | inline-graphic | inline-media | private-char | chem-struct | inline-formula | tex-math | mml:math | abbrev | index-term | index-term-range-end | milestone-end | milestone-start | named-content | styled-content | fn | target | xref | sub | sup | x | break | label)*

Tagged Samples
Running head 
...
<book-title-group>
 <book-title>Effect of Alcohol on Recurrence of
  Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</book-title>
 <alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Alcohol 
  and Recurrence of Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</alt-title>
</book-title-group>
...
Shorter version of title 
...
<book-meta>
 <book-id>...</book-id>
 <book-title-group>
  <book-title>Characterization of the Cryptic Lambdoid 
   Prophage DLP12 of <italic>Escherichia coli</italic> and 
   Overlap of the DLP12 Integrase Gene with the tRNA Gene 
   <italic>argU</italic></book-title>
  <alt-title alt-title-type="short"><italic>E. COLI</italic> 
   DLP12 AND OVERLAP of DLP12 <italic>int</italic> WITH 
   <italic>argU</italic></alt-title>
 </book-title-group>
 ...
</book-meta>
...