author

The <author> metadata element contains the name of the topic's author.

The author is usually the person, organization, or application that created the content. This element is equivalent to the Creator element in Dublin Core.

Contains

note

These models represent only the default document types distributed by OASIS. Actual content models will differ with each new document type.

Doctype	Content model
topic (base), map (base), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningAssessment, learningBookmap, learningContent, learningMap, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary	( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or term) (any number)
topic (technical content), map (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task, bookmap	( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or apiname or option or parmname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term or abbreviated-form) (any number)
machineryTask	( text data or data or data-about or foreign or unknown or keyword or wintitle or term) (any number)

Contained by

Doctype	Content model
topic (base), topic (technical content), concept, ditabase, glossary, glossentry, glossgroup, reference, task (strict), task (general), machineryTask, learningAssessment, learningContent, learningOverview, learningPlan, learningSummary	prolog
map (base), map (technical content), classifyMap, subjectScheme, learningMap	topicmeta
bookmap, learningBookmap	topicmeta, bookmeta

Inheritance

- topic/author

Example

<prolog>
  <author type="creator">Jane</author>
  <author type="contributor">John</author>
</prolog>

Attributes

Name	Description	Data Type	Default Value	Required?
href	Provides a reference to a resource. See The href attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
type	Describes the target of a reference. See The type attribute for detailed information on supported values and processing implications. Note that this differs from the type attribute on many other DITA elements. Beginning with DITA 1.2, values in this attribute are not limited to a small number of choices; the following values were used in DITA 1.0 and DITA 1.1, and are also recognized for the author element (and its specializations): creator The primary or original author of the content. contributor An additional author who is not primary. -dita-use-conref-target See Using the -dita-use-conref-target value for more information.	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	No
format	The format attribute identifies the format of the resource being referenced. See The format attribute for details on supported values.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
scope	The scope attribute identifies the closeness of the relationship between the current document and the target resource. See The scope attribute for more information on values.	(local \| peer \| external \| -dita-use-conref-target)	#IMPLIED	No
keyref	Keyref provides a redirectable reference based on a key defined within a map. See The keyref attribute for information on using this attribute.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
univ-atts attribute group (includes select-atts, id-atts, and localization-atts groups)	A set of related attributes, described in univ-atts attribute group
global-atts attribute group (xtrf, xtrc)	A set of related attributes, described in global-atts attribute group
class	A common attribute described in Other common DITA attributes