How do I fix 'title element is empty' error?

Kratos · 04-12-2013, 06:57 AM

Hi. Using Indesign I made an epub which has passed the validation checks.
After being sent to BookBaby (first time ive used them) they failed it's approval because of this error.

Code:

EpubCheck Info Result:\Detail: WARNING: //cdbarx/content/books/20/BK00013520/original/BK00013520.epub/OEBPS/content.opf(6,17): title element is empty

Browsing de internet I think it is because the title tag is empty.
Using Sigil I looked in the content.opf file and saw this. <dc:title />
So I put an opening title tag at the front <dc:title>Book Name<dc:title /> and saved it.

But when I do that the code splits on to the next line

Code:

    <dc:title>Book Name
    <dc:title />

Is this correct?

Thanks!

Tex2002ans · 04-12-2013, 07:19 AM

In Sigil, if you click "Tools - Metadata Editor" (or F8 on your keyboard), this will lead you to where you can add things like Title, Author, ISBN, Publication Date, etc.

It is not a good idea editing the content.opf manually unless you know exactly what you are doing.

mzmm · 04-12-2013, 09:15 AM

Code:

<dc:title />

is a self-closing tag, equivalent to <dc:title></dc:title>. what you want is

Code:

<dc:title>Book Name</dc:title>

04-12-2013, 06:57 AM	#1
Kratos Connoisseur Posts: 60 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: UK Device: Kindle 3, iPhone, iPad, PC	How do I fix 'title element is empty' error? Hi. Using Indesign I made an epub which has passed the validation checks. After being sent to BookBaby (first time ive used them) they failed it's approval because of this error. Code: EpubCheck Info Result:\Detail: WARNING: //cdbarx/content/books/20/BK00013520/original/BK00013520.epub/OEBPS/content.opf(6,17): title element is empty Browsing de internet I think it is because the title tag is empty. Using Sigil I looked in the content.opf file and saw this. <dc:title /> So I put an opening title tag at the front <dc:title>Book Name<dc:title /> and saved it. But when I do that the code splits on to the next line Code: <dc:title>Book Name <dc:title /> Is this correct? Thanks!

04-12-2013, 09:15 AM	#3
mzmm Groupie Posts: 171 Karma: 86271 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: iPad, Kindle Touch, Sony PRS-T1	Code: <dc:title /> is a self-closing tag, equivalent to <dc:title></dc:title>. what you want is Code: <dc:title>Book Name</dc:title>

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04-12-2013, 07:19 AM	#2
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,306 Karma: 13057279 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	In Sigil, if you click "Tools - Metadata Editor" (or F8 on your keyboard), this will lead you to where you can add things like Title, Author, ISBN, Publication Date, etc. It is not a good idea editing the content.opf manually unless you know exactly what you are doing.

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