Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002

EAD Elements

<titleproper> Title Proper of the Finding Aid

Description:

The name of the finding aid or finding aid series. The <titleproper> element is required within the <titlestmt> subelement of <filedesc>, part of the <eadheader>. It may also be optionally used in the <titlepage> subelement of <frontmatter>. To encode the name of a finding aid series, <titleproper> may be used in the optional <seriesstmt> subelement of <filedesc>.

The <titlestmt> relates to the finding aid and should not be confused with Title <title>, used to encode the formal names of works such as monographs, serials, paintings, etc., listed in the finding aid, or with Title of the Unit <unittitle>, used to encode the name of the described materials.

May contain:

#PCDATA, abbr, date, emph, expan, extptr, lb, num, ptr

May occur within:

seriesstmt, titlepage, titlestmt

Attributes:

Examples:

    1.
        <filedesc>
            <titlestmt>
                <titleproper>
                	Inventory of the Kingsley Amis Papers, <date>1941-1995</date>
                </titleproper>
                <author>Processed by Sara S. Hodson; machine-readable finding aid
                created by Xiuzhi Zhou</author>
            </titlestmt> . . .
        </filedesc>

    2.
        <frontmatter>
            <titlepage>
                <titleproper>
                	Inventory of The Arequipa Sanatorium Records,
                	<date>1911&ndash;1958</date>
                </titleproper>
                <num type="Collection number:">BANC MSS 92/894 c</num>
                <publisher>The Bancroft Library<lb/>University of California,
                Berkeley<lb/>Berkeley, California
                </publisher>
                <p>&copy; 1996 The Regents of the University of California.
                All rights reserved.</p>
            </titlepage>
        </frontmatter>