<alt-title>

Alternate Title

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

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 Type of Alternate Title
id Document Internal Identifier
specific-use Specific Use
xml:base Base
xml:lang Language

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 | 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)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element 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>

Example 1

Alternate title is for the 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 
Effect on Crohn&rsquo;s Disease Recurrence</alt-title>
</book-title-group>
...

Example 2

Alternate title is a short version for a Table of Contents:
    ...
<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>
...

Book Interchange Tag Suite (BITS) Version 2.0 Tag Library

Version of February 2016

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