<author>
| <author> in a bibliographic reference, contains the name(s) of the author(s), personal or corporate, of a work; for example in the same form as that provided by a recognized bibliographic name authority. 3.11.2.2 Authors, Titles, and Editors 2.2.1 The Title Statement | |
| Module | core — 3 Elements Available in All TEI Documents | 
| In addition to global attributes | att.canonical (@key, @ref) | 
| Used by | |
| May contain | core: abbr add address binaryObject cb choice corr date del distinct email emph expan foreign gap gloss graphic hi index lb measure measureGrp mentioned milestone name note num orig pb ptr ref reg rs sic soCalled term time title unclear  gaiji: g  msdescription: catchwords depth dim dimensions height heraldry locus locusGrp material origDate origPlace secFol signatures stamp watermark width  | 
| Declaration | 
 element author { att.global.attributes, att.canonical.attributes, macro.phraseSeq } | 
| Example | <author>British Broadcasting Corporation</author> <author>La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, comtesse de (1634–1693)</author> <author>Anonymous</author> <author>Bill and Melinda Gates</author> <author> <persName>Beaumont, Francis</persName> and <persName>John Fletcher</persName> </author> <author> <orgName key="BBC">British Broadcasting Corporation</orgName>: Radio 3 Network </author> | 
| Note | 
                           Particularly where cataloguing is likely to be based on the
                        content of the header, it is advisable to use a generally recognized
                        name authority file to supply the content for this element.  The
                        attributes key or ref may also be used to
                        reference canonical information about the author(s) intended from any
                        appropriate authority, such as a library catalogue or online
                        resource. 
                      
                           In the case of a broadcast, use this element for the name of
                        the company or network responsible for making the broadcast.
                      
                           Where an author is unknown or unspecified, this element may contain
                        text such as Unknown or
                        Anonymous. When the appropriate TEI modules are
                        in use, it may also contain detailed tagging of the names used for people, organizations or
                        places, in particular where  multiple names are given.
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