<alt-title>

Alternate Title

Definition

An alternative or “different” version of an article title, usually created so that it can be processed in a special 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 right-running-head title for a print publication, etc.

Remarks

Conversion Note: 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).

Attribute

alt-title-type Type of Alternate Title

Related Elements

There are several elements concerned with the title of an article, all contained within the wrapper element <title-group> in the article metadata. 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> is a version of the title translated into a language other than the original language of publication.

Model Information

Content Model

<!ELEMENT  alt-title    (#PCDATA %title-elements;)*                  >

Description

Any combination of:

This element may be contained in:

<title-group> Title Group

Tagged Example

    
...
<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><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><year>2004</year></pub-date>
<fpage>13</fpage>
</article-meta>
...

Module

articlemeta.ent