4.4.2: Titles

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Title

Title is a property that refers to the name or names by which a resource is formally known.

Alternative

Alternative is a property that refers to a name or names of a resource used as a substitute or alternative to the formal title. These are secondary titles, abbreviations, translations of a title, etc.

Guidelines for the creation of title content

For the title use the name given to the resource.

title

Alvar Aalto Chair No. 66

as linked data

In most databases title is one of the main criteria to identify search results. So if there is no formal title resp. name you should formulate an adequate one by yourself.

title

Data from a survey about the usage of metadata

as linked data

If there is more than one title resp. name you should repeat the title property

title	Autumn Leaves
title	The Dead Leaves

as linked data

or use the alternative property.

Typically alternative is used for secondary titles,

title	Passion for Pulses
alternative	A Feast of Beans, Peas and Lentils from Around the World

as linked data

or for abbreviations.

title	American Meteorological Association Newsletter
alternative	AMA Newsletter

as linked data

If the title resp. name is expressed in different languages you should use language tags.

title	La Joconde	fre
title	Mona Lisa	eng
title	La Gioconda	ita

as linked data

the same is true for alternative

title	EU Stability Programm of Belgium	eng
alternative	Council Opinion on the Updated Stability Programm of Belgium 2009 - 2010	eng
alternative	Stellungnahme des Rates zum aktualisierten Stabilitätsprogramm Belgiens für 2009 - 2012	ger

as linked data

It is recommended to describe titles with plain text (as done in the examples above). But sometimes it is necessary to create a relationship between the described resource and a more detailed title description.

This should be used to refer to a title with different transliterations,

title
	in greek	Οιδίπους Τύραννος
	in latin	Oidipous Tyrannos

as linked data

or to refer to a title authority.

title	Nibelungenlied Handschrift B
title	nibelungenlied

title	Nibelungenlied Handschrift C
title

identifier	nibelungenlied
label	Der Nibelunge Not
alternative label	Nibelungenlied
alternative label	Nibelungenklage
alternative label	Nibelungensage
description	The Nibelungenlied exists of 39 aventiuren created between 1180 and 1210

as linked data