###### 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