Hello, Is there a loose of information in the MODS schema about the <title> element ? If you have a title like this (in ISBD format ) : "title : subtitle" In (UNI)MARC format there is a subfield a and subfield b to distinguish title parts. But in MODS, the value is the concatenation of theses subfields. Why not using a subtitle element : <titleInfo> <title>Once upon a time</title> <subtitle>there was a familly called Pot</subtitle> <subtitle>[the begining of an english lesson that i learned when i was 13 :-)]</subtitle></titleInfo> Yves ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Concrete example with the MODS Example of a Conference Publication : http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/instances/mods97129132.xml MARC21 : 245 00 a Papers from the First International Workshop on Plasma-Based Ion Implantation : b 4-6 August 1993, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin / c sponsored by Applied Science and Technology (ASTeX), Inc. ... [et al.] ; editors for the workshop, John R. Conrad, Kumar Sridharan. MARCXML : <datafield tag="245" ind1="0" ind2="0"> <subfield code="a">Papers from the First International Workshop on Plasma-Based Ion Implantation :</subfield> <subfield code="b">4-6 August 1993, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin /</subfield> <subfield code="c">sponsored by Applied Science and Technology (ASTeX), Inc. ... [et al.] ; editors for the workshop, John R. Conrad, Kumar Sridharan.</subfield> </datafield> MODS : <titleInfo> <title>Papers from the First International Workshop on Plasma-Based Ion Implantation : 4-6 August 1993, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin /</title> </titleInfo> MODS change: <titleInfo> <title>Papers from the First International Workshop on Plasma-Based Ion Implantation</title> <subtitle>4-6 August 1993, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin</subtitle> </titleInfo> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- Yves Pratter Ingénieur Support Alex Temex Multimédia 4 Bis, Avenue du pré de Challes 74940 Annecy-le-Vieux tél. : +33 (04) 50 64 08 97 fax : +33 (04) 50 64 15 81 mel : [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----