<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<page xmlns="http://projectmallard.org/1.0/" type="topic" id="mal_info_title">

<info>
  <link type="guide" xref="mal_info#elements"/>

  <revision version="0.1" date="2009-05-29" status="review"/>

  <credit type="author">
    <name>Shaun McCance</name>
    <email>shaunm@gnome.org</email>
  </credit>
  <copyright>
    <year>2008-2009</year>
    <name>Shaun McCance</name>
  </copyright>

  <include xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="legal.xml"/>

  <desc>Provide alternate titles for automatic link text and sorting.</desc>
</info>

<title>Informational Tiltes</title>

<synopsis><code mime="application/relax-ng-compact-syntax">
mal_info_title = element title {
  attribute type { xsd:NMTOKEN },
  attribute role { xsd:NMTOKEN } ?,
  attribute * - (mal:* | local:*) { text } *,

  <link xref="mal_inline">mal_inline</link>
}
</code></synopsis>

<p>Use the <code>title</code> element inside an <code xref="mal_info">info</code>
to list alternative titles for pages and sections.  These titles can be used
as alternative link text, for sorting, or for other application-specific
purposes.</p>


<!-- BEGIN notes -->
<section id="notes">
  <title>Notes</title>
  <list>
    <item><p>The <code>title</code> element can contain a mixture of text and
    any <link xref="mal_inline">general inline elements</link>.</p></item>

    <item><p>The <code>title</code> element can occur in any
    <code xref="mal_info">info</code> element.</p></item>

    <item><p>The <code>type</code> attribute specifies what purpose this
    informational title is serving.  The following values are currently
    recognized:</p>
    <table rules="rows">
      <tr>
        <td><p><code>"link"</code></p></td>
        <td><p>specifies alternate link text; see <link xref="#link"/></p></td>
      </tr>
      <tr>
        <td><p><code>"sort"</code></p></td>
        <td><p>specifies a sort key; see <link xref="#sort"/></p></td>
      </tr>
    </table></item>

    <item><p>The <code>role</code> attribute can be used for link titles
    to specify multiple alternate link texts.</p></item>

    <item><p>The <code>title</code> element can have attributes from external
    namespaces.  See <link xref="mal_external"/> for more information
    on external-namespace attributes.</p></item>
  </list>
</section>
<!-- END notes -->


<!-- BEGIN primary -->
<section id="primary">
  <title>Primary Titles</title>

  <p>The <em>primary title</em> of a page or section is the one specified in
  the block context and used for display purpose.  While this title is not
  an informational title as specified here, it is used as fallback for all
  informational titles.</p>
</section>
<!-- END primary -->


<!-- BEGIN link -->
<section id="link">
  <title>Link Titles</title>

  <p>Pages and sections can have multiple link titles.  These are used as
  alternate content for automatic link text.  When automatic text must be
  generated for a <code xref="mal_block_link">link</code> element, it is
  taken first from the link titles, falling back to the primary title if
  no suitable link title is found.</p>

  <p>You can use the <code>role</code> attribute to specify multiple link
  titles.  These can be selected using the <code>role</code> attribute of
  the <code>link</code> element.  This can be used for a variety of purposes.
  One common purpose is to specify link text for different parts of speech
  in languages which have case declensions.  Without this feature, it can
  be difficult to provide grammatically correct automatic link text in
  some languages.</p>
</section>
<!-- END link -->


<!-- BEGIN sort -->
<section id="sort">
  <title>Sort Titles</title>

  <p>Sort titles allow you to specify alternate text to be used when sorting
  the page or section.  Certain automatic link sections will sort the nodes
  they link to.  When this happens, providing a sort title allows you to
  control how the node is collated.  This is useful for excluding leading
  articles such as “an” and “the”.</p>
</section>
<!-- END sort -->


<!-- BEGIN processing -->
<section id="processing">
  <title>Processing Expectations</title>

  <p>Informational titles are not displayed directly, although they will
  affect the output of any material which links to the given page or
  section.</p>

  <p>The content model of the <code xref="mal_info">info</code> element
  allows for any mixture of informational titles.  As such, it is entirely
  possible for multiple titles to exist for some specified combination of
  the <code>type</code> and <code>role</code> attributes.  When such an
  ambiguity arrises, processing tools should select the first informational
  title that matches the desired criteria.</p>
</section>
<!-- END processing -->

</page>
