diff --git a/rdf/src/main/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/Documents.java b/rdf/src/main/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/Documents.java
index 5912db4f8..38decbeea 100644
--- a/rdf/src/main/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/Documents.java
+++ b/rdf/src/main/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/Documents.java
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@
 public final class Documents
 {
 
+    /** The title of a children view made in a layout mode: the label of ldh:ChildrenView. */
+    public static final String CHILDREN_VIEW_TITLE = "Children view";
+
     private Documents() { }
 
     /**
@@ -59,10 +62,13 @@ public static Model container(URI doc, String title, String description, URI blo
             addProperty(DCTerms.title, title);
 
         if (block != null) container.addProperty(RDF.li(1), model.createResource(block.toString()));
+        // the children view in another layout: titled as ldh:ChildrenView is labelled, which a client shows
+        // as the block's heading - untitled, it fell back to the ID the server mints for the blank node
         else if (mode != null) container.addProperty(RDF.li(1), model.createResource().
                 addProperty(RDF.type, LDH.Object).
                 addProperty(RDF.value, model.createResource().
                     addProperty(RDF.type, LDH.View).
+                    addProperty(DCTerms.title, CHILDREN_VIEW_TITLE).
                     addProperty(SPIN.query, LDH.SelectChildren).
                     addProperty(AC.mode, model.createResource(mode.toString()))));
         else container.addProperty(RDF.li(1), model.createResource().
diff --git a/rdf/src/test/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/ModelBuildersTest.java b/rdf/src/test/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/ModelBuildersTest.java
index 9ff9eeb0d..592cdd56f 100644
--- a/rdf/src/test/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/ModelBuildersTest.java
+++ b/rdf/src/test/java/com/atomgraph/linkeddatahub/rdf/ModelBuildersTest.java
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ public void createContainerWithMode()
         assertIsomorphic(parse("""
             <> a dh:Container ;
                 dct:title "Some" ;
-                rdf:_1 [ a ldh:Object ; rdf:value [ a ldh:View ; spin:query ldh:SelectChildren ; ac:mode <https://w3id.org/atomgraph/client#GridMode> ] ] .
+                rdf:_1 [ a ldh:Object ; rdf:value [ a ldh:View ; dct:title "Children view" ; spin:query ldh:SelectChildren ; ac:mode <https://w3id.org/atomgraph/client#GridMode> ] ] .
             """),
             Documents.container(TARGET, "Some", null, null, URI.create("https://w3id.org/atomgraph/client#GridMode"), null));
     }