Andreas Nolda wrote:
> Hi everybody,
> 
>>From the Guidelines, I understand that the <titlePage> element is
> intended for encoding 'proper' title pages, such as the title page of a
> book. Is the <titlePage> element also appropriate for grouping
> <docTitle>s, <docAuthor>s etc. of documents without a 'physical' title
> page, say a journal article?
> 
> Best,
> 
> Andreas Nolda

I would say definitely not.

Originally  docAuthor etc. were intended for  use only  within  a 
<titlePage>.  We then recognised their usefulness within front or back 
matter independently of this, and thus defined the class 
model.pLike.front, of which it is written:
"The elements in this class can appear within a minimal front element 
without any need to group them together and encode a complete title page."
I read this as implying that the grouping element you want here is 
either <front> or a <div> within <front>.

If you use <titlePage> you are saying that you're encoding, duh, a title 
page...

I occasionally get offprints of journal articles which *do* have title 
pages of a sort, for example they wrap the offprint in a reproduction of 
the title page of the volume from which it is taken.