3.1.1.1.2 title

The <title> element contains a heading or label for the main parts of a topic, including the topic as a whole, its sections and examples, and its labelled content, such as figures and tables. Beginning with DITA 1.1, the element may also be used to provide a title for a map. With DITA 1.2, the element is also available in reltables, although in the reltable a title is typically used for reference information (not for content displayed to an end user).

Contains

Doctype

Content model

topic (base), map (base), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningAssessment, learningBookmap, learningContent, learningMap, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary

( text data or boolean or keyword or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or q or term or tm or state or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or image) (any number)

topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap

( text data or boolean or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or codeph or synph or filepath or msgph or systemoutput or userinput or menucascade or uicontrol or q or term or abbreviated-form or tm or state or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or image) (any number)

machineryTask

( text data or boolean or keyword or wintitle or ph or b or i or sup or sub or tt or u or menucascade or uicontrol or q or term or tm or state or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or image) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype

Content model

topic (base)

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist

map (base), learningMap

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec

topic (technical content)

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

map (technical content)

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

concept

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, concept, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

ditabase

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, concept, task, reference, refsyn, glossProperty, glossgroup, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

glossary, glossentry

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, concept, glossProperty, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

glossgroup

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, concept, glossProperty, glossgroup, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

reference

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, reference, refsyn, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

task (strict), task (general)

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, task, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

bookmap

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec, bookmap, syntaxdiagram, synblk, groupseq, groupchoice, groupcomp, fragment

classifyMap

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec, topicSubjectTable

subjectScheme

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec, subjectScheme, subjectRelTable

machineryTask

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, task

learningAssessment

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, learningBase, lcIntro, lcObjectives, lcAudience, lcDuration, lcPrereqs, lcSummary, lcNextSteps, lcReview, lcResources, lcChallenge, lcInstruction, learningAssessment, lcInteractionBase, lcTrueFalse, lcSingleSelect, lcMultipleSelect, lcSequencing, lcMatching, lcHotspot, lcOpenQuestion

learningBookmap

data, fig, figgroup, table, map, reltable, relcolspec, bookmap

learningContent

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, learningBase, lcIntro, lcObjectives, lcAudience, lcDuration, lcPrereqs, lcSummary, lcNextSteps, lcReview, lcResources, lcChallenge, lcInstruction, task, concept, reference, refsyn, learningSummary, learningAssessment, learningContent, lcInteractionBase, lcTrueFalse, lcSingleSelect, lcMultipleSelect, lcSequencing, lcMatching, lcHotspot, lcOpenQuestion

learningOverview

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, learningBase, lcIntro, lcObjectives, lcAudience, lcDuration, lcPrereqs, lcSummary, lcNextSteps, lcReview, lcResources, lcChallenge, lcInstruction, learningOverview, lcInteractionBase, lcTrueFalse, lcSingleSelect, lcMultipleSelect, lcSequencing, lcMatching, lcHotspot, lcOpenQuestion

learningPlan

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, learningBase, lcIntro, lcObjectives, lcAudience, lcDuration, lcPrereqs, lcSummary, lcNextSteps, lcReview, lcResources, lcChallenge, lcInstruction, learningPlan, lcProject, lcClient, lcPlanTitle, lcCIN, lcModDate, lcDelivDate, lcPlanSubject, lcPlanDescrip, lcPlanPrereqs, lcNeedsAnalysis, lcOrganizational, lcPlanAudience, lcWorkEnv, lcTask, lcGapAnalysis, lcGapItem, lcIntervention, lcInterventionItem, lcTechnical, lcLMS, lcNoLMS, lcHandouts, lcClassroom, lcOJT, lcConstraints, lcW3C, lcPlayers, lcGraphics, lcViewers, lcResolution, lcFileSizeLimitations, lcDownloadTime, lcSecurity, lcInteractionBase, lcTrueFalse, lcSingleSelect, lcMultipleSelect, lcSequencing, lcMatching, lcHotspot, lcOpenQuestion

learningSummary

data, fig, figgroup, table, topic, section, example, linklist, learningBase, lcIntro, lcObjectives, lcAudience, lcDuration, lcPrereqs, lcSummary, lcNextSteps, lcReview, lcResources, lcChallenge, lcInstruction, learningSummary, lcInteractionBase, lcTrueFalse, lcSingleSelect, lcMultipleSelect, lcSequencing, lcMatching, lcHotspot, lcOpenQuestion

Inheritance

- topic/title

Example
<topic id="topic">
 <title>Some little topic</title>
 <body>
  <p>Some discourse.</p>
 </body>
</topic>
Attributes

Name

Description

Data Type

Default Value

Required?

base

A generic attribute that has no specific purpose. It is intended to act as a base for specialized attributes that have a simple value syntax like the conditional processing attributes (one or more alphanumeric values separated by whitespace), but is not itself a filtering or flagging attribute.

CDATA

#IMPLIED

No

id-atts attribute group (id, conref, conrefend, conaction, conkeyref)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.4 id-atts attribute group

     

localization-atts attribute group (translate, xml:lang, dir)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.6 localization-atts attribute group.

     

global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)

A set of related attributes, described in 3.4.1.2 global-atts attribute group

     

class, outputclass

Common attributes described in 3.4.1.9 Other common DITA attributes

     

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Sibling Topics:

3.1.1.1.1 topic

3.1.1.1.3 titlealts

3.1.1.1.4 searchtitle

3.1.1.1.5 navtitle

3.1.1.1.6 shortdesc

3.1.1.1.7 abstract

3.1.1.1.8 body

3.1.1.1.9 bodydiv

3.1.1.1.10 related-links

3.1.1.1.11 dita