---
title: "Element <displaytitle>"
source: https://dev.pageseeder.com/api/elements/element_displaytitle.html
description: "API Element reference for <displaytitle>"
last_updated: 2026-08-07T17:09:54+10:00
tokens: ~342
---

# \<displaytitle\>

## Summary

The `<displaytitle>` element is used for the computed title that is displayed for a URI (document or URL).

## Usage context

| Permitted content | text |
| --- | --- |
| Permitted parent | `<uri>` |

## Attributes

No attributes.

## Examples

```lang-xml

<uri id="602"
     scheme="https"
     host="localhost"
     port="443"
     path="/ps/dev/group/documents/pages/001.psml"
     decodedpath="/ps/dev/group/documents/pages/001.psml"
     external="false"
     mediatype="application/vnd.pageseeder.psml+xml"
     documenttype="page"
     created="2017-03-01T17:31:25+11:00"
     modified="2017-03-02T16:19:22+11:00"
     title="Page 001">
  <displaytitle>Page 001</displaytitle>
</uri>
```

```lang-xml

<uri id="738"
     scheme="https"
     host="example.org"
     port="443"
     path="/api/account/get.html"
     decodedpath="/api/account/get.html"
     external="true"
     created="2020-03-03T12:03:26+11:00"
     modified="2020-03-03T14:41:31+11:00"
     title="GET Account – API">
  <displaytitle>GET Account – API</displaytitle>
  <description>An example of external URI.</description>
</uri>
```

## Schema

### XML Schema

```lang-xml

<xs:element name="displaytitle" type="xs:string"/>
```

### Relax Schema

```lang-relax

element displaytitle {
  text
}
```

## Compatibility

No change since initial API release.