<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 an article, all contained within the container element <title-group> in the article metadata (<article-meta>):
  • The <article-title> is the full title of the article in the original language of the document.
  • The <subtitle> is a subordinate or auxiliary title that adds information to the full title or modifies the full title.
  • The <alt-title> is another version of an article 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, or a version of the title to be used in the right-running-head.
  • The <trans-title-group> is also a container element, inside the <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 | bold | fixed-case | italic | monospace | overline | roman | sans-serif | sc | strike | underline | 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 | break)*

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<title-group>

Example 1

Alternate title is for the running head:
...
<title-group>
<article-title>Effect of Alcohol on Recurrence of
Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</article-title>
<alt-title alt-title-type="right-running-head">Alcohol 
and Recurrence of Crohn&rsquo;s Disease</alt-title>
</title-group>
...

Example 2

Alternate title is a short version for a Table of Contents:
...
<article-meta>
<article-categories>...</article-categories>
<title-group>
<article-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></article-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>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no">
<name><surname>Lindsey</surname>
<given-names>David F.</given-names></name>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="no" rid="fn1">
<name><surname>Mullin</surname>
<given-names>David A.</given-names></name>
</contrib>
...
</contrib-group>
<author-notes>
<fn id="fn1"><p>Present address:  Biology Department, Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA 70118</p></fn>
</author-notes>
<pub-date iso-8601-date="2004"><year>2004</year></pub-date>
<fpage>13</fpage>
</article-meta>
...

Journal Publishing Tag Library NISO JATS Version 1.2 (ANSI/NISO Z39.96-2019)

Version of May 2019

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