titlestmt

titlestmt

The titlestmt element provides info about the movie title. It is the parent of one or more title elements that can provide the title as well as sub-titles in multiple languages.

When the titlestmt only contains a title string without any attributes, the shorthand version is recommended. A single title element with the title string as content replaces the titlestmt (See shorthand usage).

Definition

titlestmt = title_shorthand | element titlestmt {
    title+
}
fei_element |= titlestmt
fheadcontent |= titlestmt

title = element title {
    attribute type { "subtitle" }?,
    attribute lang { xsd:string }?,
    xsd:string
}

title_shorthand = element title {
    xsd:string
}

Usage

<titlestmt>
    <title>The Lord of the Rings</title>
    <title type="subtitle">The Fellowship of the Ring</title>
</titlestmt>

<titlestmt lang="en">
    <title>The Lord of the Rings</title>
    <title type="subtitle">The Fellowship of the Ring</title>
</titlestmt>

<titlestmt>
    <title lang="en">RED</title>
    <title lang="de">R.E.D.</title>
    <title lang="de" type="subtitle">Älter. Härter. Besser.</title>
</titlestmt>

Shorthand variant

Instead of

<titlestmt>
    <title>Father and Daughter</title>
</titlestmt>

this shorthand variant is recommended:

<title>Father and Daughter</title>

MEI

The original element was derived from MEI. Visit the MEI Reference element