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has title proper

Element Reference

Definition
Relates a manifestation to a nomen that is a title of the manifestation that is selected for preference.
Scope note
Domain
Manifestation
Range
Nomen
Element super-type
URI
https://www.iflastandards.info/ISBDM/elements/P1038
Type
DatatypeProperty
Status
Published

Additional information

A title proper is selected as the chief name of the manifestation from all of the titles that appear in the manifestation and external sources of information.

A title proper is normally the basis of the value of a has authorized access point of manifestation element.

Stipulations

Use the element super-type to record a less specific relationship.

Apply the stipulations for the element super-type unless indicated otherwise.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"90 vjet Bibliotekë Kombëtare"

[Full example: 90 vjet Bibliotekë Kombëtare ​(2011; Biblioteka Kombëtare e Shqipërisë; object).]


PropertyValue
has title proper"The biographical dictionary of Scottish women"

[Full example: Biographical dictionary of Scottish women ​(2007; Edinburgh University Press; volume; perfect binding).]

Record a value that is selected from one or more values of the element super-type. Use the following order of preference:

  1. The title that is made most prominent by typography in the manifestation.
  2. The title that is the fullest.
  3. The title that is in the same language or script as the spoken word, tactile text, or text content that is embodied in the manifestation.
  4. The title that is given in the language or script of choice of the cataloguing agency.
  5. The title that appears first in a prominent manifestation statement when there is no collective title.
  6. The title that appears in the manifestation that embodies the expression of the earlist issue or iteration of a diachronic work that is known to the cataloguing agency.
Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd"

[Full example: Was mir behagt, ist nur die muntre Jagd ​(2021; Carus; volume; full score). There is no collective title; the value is the first prominent title.]


PropertyValue
has title proper"The Paris apartment"

[Full example: Paris apartment ​(2022; HarperCollinsPublishers; volume; case binding). The value is the only title that appears in manifestation statements.]


PropertyValue
has title proper"Voyage extraordinaire au coeur de l’atome + Voyage extraordinaire aux limites de l’univers"
has title proper"Voyage extraordinaire aux limites de l’univers + Voyage extraordinaire au coeur de l’atome"

[Full example: Voyage extraordinaire au coeur de l’atome + Voyage extraordinaire aux limites de l’univers ​(1996; Editions Casterman; volume). The manifestation has a tête-bêche layout that embodies two expressions with distinct titles that have equal prominence in statements of title and responsibility.]


PropertyValue
has title proper"Journal of construction automation and robotics"

[Full example: Journal of construction automation and robotics ​(2022-; Korean Society of Automation and Robotics in Construction; online resource). The value is in the language of the cataloguing agency.]

Record a value that includes a name of an agent or a title of edition that is integrated linguistically with a title that appears in a statement of title and responsibility.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Report of the Expert Group on Special Care for Babies"

PropertyValue
has title proper"The post-humous works of Robert Hooke"

PropertyValue
has title proper"Charles Aznavour présente ses plus grands succès"

PropertyValue
has title proper"The compact edition of the Oxford English dictionary"

PropertyValue
has title proper"鲁迅全集"

For a manifestation that embodies cartographic moving image, moving image, performed movement, or three-dimensional moving image content, record a value that omits a name that is integrated linguistically with a title that appears in a statement of title and responsibility and that is the name of an agent who is associated with the creation of the content.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Star wars"

PropertyValue
has title proper"Thief"

For a manifestation that embodies notated music, performed music, or tactile notated music content, and if there is no distinctive title in the statement, record a value that includes a type of composition and the key, numbering, date of composition, or medium of performance that appear in a statement of title and responsibility.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"String quintet no. 1, A major, op. 18"

PropertyValue
has title proper"Sinfonia 1 (1970)"

PropertyValue
has title proper"降B大调第一弦乐五重奏, 作品第K174号"

For a manifestation that has a media type of "computer", and if no title appears in the manifestation or external sources of information, record the filename.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"notes23.txt"

For a manifestation that has a super-unit, and if no specific title of the unit appears in any statement of title and responsibility or external source of information, or if the specific title is dependent on a common title of the super-unit, record a value that is a compound title.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Dick’s picks, volume one, Tampa Florida 12/19/73"

[A title of the sub-unit is the place and date of a recorded music performance.]

For a manifestation that is an aggregate, record a value that is a collective title that appears in a statement of title and responsibility.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"The Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries"

[Full example: Black Lizard big book of locked-room mysteries ​(2014; Vintage Books; volume; perfect binding).]


PropertyValue
has title proper"كليلة ودمنة"

[Full example: كليلة ودمنة ​(1973؛ الشركة الوطنية للنشر والتوزيع؛ مجلد؛ غلاف مقوى).]


PropertyValue
has title proper"Wind, pinball"

[Full example: Wind, pinball ​(2015; Harvill Secker; volume). The collective title proper appears on the spine of a volume that embodies two novels in a tête-bêche layout.]


PropertyValue
has title proper"Synthesis lectures on data, semantics, and knowledge"

[Full example: Synthesis lectures on data, semantics, and knowledge ​(2021-; Morgan & Claypool Publishers; volume).]

For a manifestation that is an aggregate, and if no collective title appears in any statement of title and responsibility or external source of information, record a distinct value of the title that appears first in a statement of title and responsibility.

For a manifestation that embodies the expression of a diachronic work, record a value that omits designations of issue or iteration from a common title that appears in statements of title and responsibility in manifestations that embody issues or iterations of the work.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Report on the … Conference on Development Objectives and Strategy"

PropertyValue
has title proper"La sidérurgie française en …"

PropertyValue
has title proper"IFLA series on bibliographic control"

[[Full example: IFLA series on bibliographic control ​(2004-2012; De Gruyter Saur; volume).]

For a manifestation that embodies the expression of a diachronic work, do not record a value that is an insignificant change from an earlier common title. An insignificant change includes:

  • a difference in the representation of a character, word, ideograph, or punctuation mark, including abbreviation or expansion, spelling, and grammar
  • a difference in the presence or absence of a character, word, or ideograph that expresses grammatical relationship, including articles, prepositions, and conjunctions
  • a difference in the presence, absence, or order of characters, words, ideographs, or punctuation that are associated with the name of a collective agent or a kind of diachronic work
  • a difference in the presence, absence, or order of characters, words, ideographs, or punctuation that indicates the same subject coverage of the diachronic work that is embodied by the manifestation

If there is a significant change from an earlier common title, consider the manifestation to embody the expression of a new diachronic work and to be distinct from the earlier manifestation. See also: Manifestation boundaries

For a manifestation that embodies an expression of an issue or iteration of a diachronic work, record a value that includes designations of issue or iteration in a common title that appears in a statement of title and responsibility.

Examples
PropertyValue
has title proper"Mojo 357"

[Full example: Mojo 357 ​(2023; H Bauer Publishing Ltd; volume).]


PropertyValue
has title proper"Report on the 2nd Conference on Development Objectives and Strategy"

PropertyValue
has title proper"Orkney archaeology review 2021"