diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/PublishForm.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/PublishForm.java
index 726de360..404ea15c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/PublishForm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/component/PublishForm.java
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@
 import org.nanopub.extra.services.ApiResponseEntry;
 import org.nanopub.extra.services.QueryRef;
 import org.nanopub.vocabulary.NPX;
+import org.nanopub.SimpleCreatorPattern;
 import org.nanopub.vocabulary.NTEMPLATE;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public class PublishForm extends Panel {
     public static final String DEFAULT_PROV_TEMPLATE = "https://w3id.org/np/RA7lSq6MuK_TIC6JMSHvLtee3lpLoZDOqLJCLXevnrPoU";
     private static final String supersedesPubInfoTemplateId = "https://w3id.org/np/RAoTD7udB2KtUuOuAe74tJi1t3VzK0DyWS7rYVAq1GRvw";
     private static final String derivesFromPubInfoTemplateId = "https://w3id.org/np/RARW4MsFkHuwjycNElvEVtuMjpf4yWDL10-0C5l2MqqRQ";
+    private static final String changeNotePubInfoTemplateId = "https://w3id.org/np/RAVXmu2rj-pkWoDjHH4n1oAHbseAf3RcUYpYiwI1WXDmY";
 
     private static final String[] fixedPubInfoTemplates = new String[]{CREATOR_PUB_INFO_TEMPLATE, LICENSE_PUB_INFO_TEMPLATE};
 
@@ -267,6 +269,17 @@ public PublishForm(String id, final PageParameters pageParams, Class<? extends W
             pubInfoContextMap.put(derivesFromPubInfoTemplateId, c);
             c.setParam("np", fillNp.getUri().stringValue());
         }
+        if (fillMode == FillMode.SUPERSEDE || fillMode == FillMode.OVERRIDE) {
+            // Offer a change-note field by default when a new version of a nanopub is
+            // made (removable, and its statement is optional in the template, so an
+            // empty note doesn't block publishing):
+            String changeNoteIdLatest = td.getLatestTemplateId(changeNotePubInfoTemplateId);
+            if (!pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(changeNoteIdLatest)) {
+                TemplateContext c = newContext(ContextType.PUBINFO, changeNoteIdLatest, "pi-statement");
+                pubInfoContexts.add(c);
+                pubInfoContextMap.put(c.getTemplateId(), c);
+            }
+        }
         for (IRI r : assertionContext.getTemplate().getRequiredPubInfoElements()) {
             String latestId = td.getLatestTemplateId(r.stringValue());
             if (pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(r.stringValue()) || pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(latestId)) {
@@ -293,12 +306,23 @@ public PublishForm(String id, final PageParameters pageParams, Class<? extends W
             }
             piParamIdMap.put(i, c);
         }
+        // Pubinfo templates of the fill source that are marked transient: their content
+        // applies to the source nanopub only, so they get no form context; their
+        // statements are consumed and discarded below instead of carried over.
+        final List<String> transientPiTemplateIds = new ArrayList<>();
         if (fillNp != null && !fillOnlyAssertion) {
             for (IRI piTemplateId : td.getPubinfoTemplateIds(fillNp)) {
+                // The flag is checked on the latest template version, so flagging a
+                // template also stops carry-over from nanopubs created with older,
+                // unflagged versions of it:
                 String piTemplateIdLatest = td.getLatestTemplateId(piTemplateId.stringValue());
                 if (piTemplateIdLatest.equals(supersedesPubInfoTemplateId)) {
                     continue;
                 }
+                if (isTransientTemplate(piTemplateIdLatest)) {
+                    transientPiTemplateIds.add(piTemplateId.stringValue());
+                    continue;
+                }
                 if (!pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(piTemplateIdLatest)) {
                     // TODO Allow for automatically using latest template version
                     createPubInfoContext(piTemplateId.stringValue());
@@ -409,18 +433,68 @@ public PublishForm(String id, final PageParameters pageParams, Class<? extends W
                         }
                     }
                 }
+                // Consume the transient templates' statements first, so they neither
+                // fill into another template below nor end up as unused-statement
+                // warnings; the throwaway contexts are then simply discarded. One
+                // context consumes only one fill's worth, so repeat with fresh
+                // contexts until nothing more is consumed (e.g. several
+                // prov:wasDerivedFrom triples from a multi-source derivation):
+                for (String tid : transientPiTemplateIds) {
+                    int unusedBefore;
+                    do {
+                        unusedBefore = piFiller.getUnusedStatements().size();
+                        TemplateContext c = newContext(ContextType.PUBINFO, tid, "pi-statement");
+                        c.setFillSource(fillNp);
+                        // The creator slot is preset to the session user and then only
+                        // unifies with them; a throwaway must consume the template's
+                        // triples whoever they were about, so clear the preset:
+                        IModel<?> creatorModel = c.getComponentModels().get(NTEMPLATE.CREATOR_PLACEHOLDER);
+                        if (creatorModel instanceof Model) {
+                            ((Model<String>) creatorModel).setObject("");
+                        }
+                        c.initStatements();
+                        piFiller.fill(c);
+                    } while (piFiller.getUnusedStatements().size() < unusedBefore);
+                }
+                // The hand-coded catch-all (present already when the source was made with
+                // it) is filled last, after the cleanup below, so it only gets what no
+                // other template and no cleanup rule has claimed:
+                final String handcodedStatementsTemplateId = "https://w3id.org/np/RAMEgudZsQ1bh1fZhfYnkthqH6YSXpghSE_DEN1I-6eAI";
+                final String handcodedIdLatest = td.getLatestTemplateId(handcodedStatementsTemplateId);
+                TemplateContext handcodedContext = null;
                 for (TemplateContext c : pubInfoContexts) {
+                    String latestId = td.getLatestTemplateId(c.getTemplateId());
+                    if (isTransientTemplate(latestId)) {
+                        // A transient template kept in the form (e.g. the fresh derivation
+                        // link in derive mode) starts from its parameters only; values from
+                        // the fill source must not leak into it.
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    if (latestId.equals(handcodedIdLatest)) {
+                        handcodedContext = c;
+                        continue;
+                    }
                     piFiller.fill(c);
                 }
                 piFiller.removeUnusedStatements(NanodashSession.get().getUserIri(), FOAF.NAME, null);
+                // The name triples of the source's creators are auto-generated alongside
+                // the creator statements; with those discarded as transient, keeping the
+                // orphaned names would leak them into hand-coded statements:
+                for (IRI creator : SimpleCreatorPattern.getCreators(fillNp)) {
+                    piFiller.removeUnusedStatements(creator, FOAF.NAME, null);
+                }
                 if (piFiller.hasUnusedStatements()) {
-                    final String handcodedStatementsTemplateId = "https://w3id.org/np/RAMEgudZsQ1bh1fZhfYnkthqH6YSXpghSE_DEN1I-6eAI";
-                    if (!pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(handcodedStatementsTemplateId)) {
-                        TemplateContext c = createPubInfoContext(handcodedStatementsTemplateId);
-                        c.setFillSource(fillNp);
-                        c.initStatements();
-                        piFiller.fill(c);
+                    if (handcodedContext == null) {
+                        handcodedContext = createPubInfoContext(handcodedStatementsTemplateId);
+                        handcodedContext.setFillSource(fillNp);
+                        handcodedContext.initStatements();
                     }
+                    piFiller.fill(handcodedContext);
+                } else if (handcodedContext != null && !requiredPubInfoContexts.contains(handcodedContext)) {
+                    // Everything was claimed or discarded: an empty catch-all would only
+                    // block publishing on its required statement, so drop it.
+                    pubInfoContexts.remove(handcodedContext);
+                    pubInfoContextMap.values().remove(handcodedContext);
                 }
                 unusedPiStatementList.addAll(piFiller.getUnusedStatements());
                 // TODO: Also use pubinfo templates stated in nanopub to be filled in?
@@ -1045,6 +1119,15 @@ private TemplateContext newContext(ContextType contextType, String templateId, S
         return context;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks whether the given template is transient (see {@link Template#isTransient()}),
+     * i.e. its filled content is not carried over when the nanopub is used as fill source.
+     */
+    private static boolean isTransientTemplate(String templateId) {
+        Template t = TemplateData.get().getTemplate(templateId);
+        return t != null && t.isTransient();
+    }
+
     private TemplateContext createPubInfoContext(String piTemplateId) {
         TemplateContext c;
         if (pubInfoContextMap.containsKey(piTemplateId)) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/Template.java b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/Template.java
index 6c6b9c88..7d6ea421 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/Template.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/Template.java
@@ -48,6 +48,13 @@ public class Template implements Serializable {
      */
     public static final IRI POSSIBLE_LANGUAGE_TAG = vf.createIRI("https://w3id.org/np/o/ntemplate/possibleLanguageTag");
 
+    /**
+     * Type of a template whose filled content applies only to the specific nanopublication
+     * it was published with, and is not carried over when that nanopublication is
+     * superseded, overridden, derived from, or otherwise used as a fill source.
+     */
+    public static final IRI TRANSIENT_TEMPLATE = vf.createIRI("https://w3id.org/np/o/ntemplate/TransientTemplate");
+
     private final Nanopub nanopub;
     private String label;
     private String description;
@@ -118,6 +125,18 @@ public boolean isUnlisted() {
         return types != null && types.contains(NTEMPLATE.UNLISTED_TEMPLATE);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Checks if the template is transient, meaning its filled content applies only to the
+     * specific nanopublication it was published with and is not carried over when that
+     * nanopublication is superseded, overridden, derived from, or used as a fill source.
+     *
+     * @return true if the template is transient, false otherwise.
+     */
+    public boolean isTransient() {
+        List<IRI> types = typeMap.get(templateIri);
+        return types != null && types.contains(TRANSIENT_TEMPLATE);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the Nanopub object representing the template.
      *
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/TransientTemplateTest.java b/src/test/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/TransientTemplateTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a9f9c3cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/knowledgepixels/nanodash/template/TransientTemplateTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+package com.knowledgepixels.nanodash.template;
+
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.IRI;
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.ValueFactory;
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.impl.SimpleValueFactory;
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.vocabulary.RDF;
+import org.eclipse.rdf4j.model.vocabulary.RDFS;
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import org.nanopub.NanopubCreator;
+import org.nanopub.vocabulary.NTEMPLATE;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
+
+/**
+ * Tests for the nt:TransientTemplate flag (issue #606): a pubinfo template so flagged
+ * has its filled content bound to the one nanopub it was published with, and the
+ * publish form discards that content instead of carrying it over when the nanopub is
+ * superseded, overridden, derived from, or used as a fill source.
+ */
+public class TransientTemplateTest {
+
+    private static final ValueFactory vf = SimpleValueFactory.getInstance();
+
+    private static final String NP_URI = "https://w3id.org/np/RAAbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYz0123456789-_AbCdE";
+    private static final IRI ST1 = vf.createIRI(NP_URI + "/st1");
+    private static final IRI NOTE = vf.createIRI(NP_URI + "/note");
+
+    private static NanopubCreator templateCreator() throws Exception {
+        NanopubCreator creator = new NanopubCreator(NP_URI);
+        creator.addProvenanceStatement(vf.createStatement(creator.getAssertionUri(), RDFS.SEEALSO, creator.getAssertionUri()));
+        creator.addPubinfoStatement(vf.createStatement(creator.getNanopubUri(), RDFS.SEEALSO, creator.getNanopubUri()));
+        IRI templateNode = creator.getAssertionUri();
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(templateNode, RDF.TYPE, NTEMPLATE.PUBINFO_TEMPLATE);
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(templateNode, RDFS.LABEL, vf.createLiteral("Transient template test template"));
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(templateNode, NTEMPLATE.HAS_STATEMENT, ST1);
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(ST1, RDF.SUBJECT, vf.createIRI(NP_URI + "/nanopub"));
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(ST1, RDF.PREDICATE, RDFS.COMMENT);
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(ST1, RDF.OBJECT, NOTE);
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(NOTE, RDF.TYPE, NTEMPLATE.LITERAL_PLACEHOLDER);
+        return creator;
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void flaggedTemplateIsTransient() throws Exception {
+        NanopubCreator creator = templateCreator();
+        creator.addAssertionStatement(creator.getAssertionUri(), RDF.TYPE, Template.TRANSIENT_TEMPLATE);
+        Template t = new Template(creator.finalizeNanopub());
+        assertTrue(t.isTransient());
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void unflaggedTemplateIsNotTransient() throws Exception {
+        Template t = new Template(templateCreator().finalizeNanopub());
+        assertFalse(t.isTransient());
+    }
+
+}