Guidelines
for Usage |
PBCore recommends that Titles be expressed in "Natural
Language" or "Human Readable/Understandable Form." Given
today's sophisticated search engines and search techniques, there
is less concern about expressing Titles in strict, non-intuitive
syntaxes prescribed by rule-based authorities. Titles typically are
not searched as part of complex semantic interpretations, but instead
employ simple matches to keywords and text strings.
Consequently, PBCore encourages producers, stations,
and catalogers to assign accurate, consistent Titles to items,
using more of a natural language grammar. It is acceptable to:
- Use leading articles (A, An, The)
- Use upper and lower case
- Use punctuation
Titles are typically "proper" or "given" titles
supplied by the resource's creator. However, in situations where
no proper title is available, e.g., photographs or segments harvested
from a longer work or program, a "supplied title" may
be generated. A "supplied title" must be distinctive,
authoritative, descriptive and assist searching databases and catalogs,
leading to successful discovery and retrieval of items.
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