AuthorThe <author> metadata element contains
the name of the topic's author.
[edit] Example
<prolog>
<author type="creator">Jane Roe</author>
<author type="contributor">John Doe</author>
</prolog>
[edit] Contains
[edit] Contained by
[edit] Inheritance:
- topic/author
[edit] Attributes
| Name
| Description
| Data Type
| Default Value
| Required?
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| href
| A hyperlink to an external Web page (URL) or other non-DITA resource,
or to another DITA topic in the same file or in another file. The format attribute
identifies the format of the target. Non-DITA targets use standard URL syntax.
DITA topics are targetted as follows:
Target elsewhere in the same file:
href="#topicid"
First topic in different file:
href="filename.dita"
Specific topic in different file:
href="filename.dita#topicid"
If the URL contains an ampersand
character, the ampersand symbol (&) should be used to indicate that
character
| CDATA
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| type
| Indicates the primary author of the content. Note that this differs from the type
attribute on many other DITA elements. Allowable values are: 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.
| contributor | -dita-use-conref-target)
| #IMPLIED
| No
|
| %univ-atts; (%select-atts;, %id-atts;, %localization-atts;)
| A set of related attributes, described at %univ-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| %global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)
| A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;
| parameter entity
| PE not
applicable
| Not applicable
|
| class, keyref
| Common attributes described in Other common DITA attributes
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