<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 Legal values: 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 Legal values: 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	%mm; (%phrase.seq)<!ATTLIST author %a.global; %a.names; >
See further	2.5.1. The msItem element