Titles and subtitles in ERN-3

In the ERN-3 standard, titles appear in many places. Some of them carry an additional SubTitle element.

Subtitles

The FormalTitle and ReferenceTitle elements keep subtitles in the designated subelement: SubTitle.

The DisplayTitle element, on the other hand, combines the title and subtitle into one string.

Track Version Titles

If a label's supply chain system has track version titles (such as remix or instrumental version) listed in separate fields, those titles should be listed as subtitles (following the instructions above).

<ReferenceTitle>
  <TitleText>Rocking the Decks</TitleText>
  <SubTitle>Crunked Out Mix</SubTitle>
</ReferenceTitle>

If a track has multiple version titles, each of the version titles should be listed in a separate SubTitle element.

<ReleaseDetailsByTerritory>
  <TerritoryCode>Worldwide</TerritoryCode>
  <DisplayArtistName>Bad News Bearzzz</DisplayArtistName>
  <LabelName>Pimpin Metadata Records</LabelName>
  <Title TitleType="FormalTitle">    
    <TitleText>Rocking the Decks</TitleText>
    <SubTitle>Crunked Out Mix</SubTitle> 
  </Title>
  <Title TitleType="DisplayTitle">
    <TitleText>Rocking the Decks (Crunked Out Mix)</TitleText>
  </Title>

If a label's supply chain system has track version titles listed in a single field, the title and subtitle appear everywhere together (in one field). However, companies are recommended to split titles and subtitles into separate fields.

<Title TitleType="DisplayTitle">
  <TitleText>Rocking the Decks (Crunked Out Mix)</TitleText>
</Title>