From: Bibliographic Framework Transition Initiative Forum [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Steven Folsom > > As Rob Sanderson has stated, other communities can/should > continue to define more title types for specific domains. Agreed. The list you suggested and the MARC 246 captions are print-centric. Even a "containerTitle" makes inroads into the non-print realm. > 3.) Title parts- Could LOC add a bf:nonSort property? Or… Consider > making the title parts resources themselves. I bring the latter up > because sometimes works have repeating same title parts, e.g. > MainTitle: Subtitle: Subtitle: PartNumber. Without these title parts > modeled as resources it’s difficult to do ordering. It would be hard > to tell which bf:subTitle precedes the other if they are blank nodes? There's also the connecting multiple parallel subtitles with their respective parallel title proper brethren, such as: Main title: Ein Garten Eden Main subtitle: Meisterwerke der botanischen Illustration Parallel title: Garden Eden Parallel subtitle: masterpieces of botanical illustration Parallel title: Un jardin d'Eden Parallel subtitle: chefs-d'oeuvre -- Mark K. Ehlert O'Shaughnessy-Frey Library Cataloging and Metadata University of St. Thomas Librarian 2115 Summit Avenue Phone: 651-962-5488 St. Paul, MN 55105 <http://www.stthomas.edu/libraries/> "Experience is by industry achieved // And perfected by the swift course of time"--Shakespeare, "Two Gentlemen of Verona," Act I, Scene iii