<author>

<author> identifies the primary author of the work or works contained in a manuscript.

Attributes

attested indicates whether the attribution is explicitly attested in the manuscript.

Datatype: yes|no|unk

Sample values include:

yes	the attribution is made on the basis of a claim in the ms.
added	the attribution is made on the basis of a claim added by a subsequent hand in the ms.
no	the attribution is made on the basis of other evidence.
unk	the attribution may or may not be attested in the ms.

Default: unk

accepted indicates whether or not the authorship attribution is generally accepted.

Datatype: a|y|n|u

Sample values include:

a	the attribution is generally accepted as an attribution.
y	the attribution is generally accepted to be true.
n	the attribution is generally accepted to be false.
u	no claim is made concerning truth of the attribution.

Default: a

Example

 
 <author key="LAFMA" accepted="y" attested="no">
         La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne,
         comtesse de (1634-1693)
 </author>

Example

 
<author>
 <name key="LAFMA" 
   reg="La Fayette, Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, 
       comtesse de (1634-1693)">
 Mme de La Fayette</name>
</author>

Note

Wherever possible, the content of this element should contain the name in the form proposed by a generally recognized authority list.

Content Any string of characters and phrase-level tags.

Declaration

<!ELEMENT author%mm; (%phrase.seq)> 
<!ATTLIST author  
      %a.global;
      attested yes|no|unk "unk"
      accepted a|y|n|u "a">

See further 2.5.1 ThemsItemelement

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