author

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

( text data or keyword or option or parmname or apiname or cmdname or msgnum or varname or wintitle or term) (any number)

prolog

topic/author

Name	Description	Data Type	Default Value	Required?
href	A hyperlink representing a resource that defines the person or company named in the parent element. For example, you could use this attribute to cite the URL for the named entity's "home page." The href attribute identifies the destination of the resource using conventional URL syntax.	CDATA	#IMPLIED	No
keyref	Currently not implemented in DITA processors. Provides a key that a process can use to look up associated information.	NMTOKEN	#IMPLIED	No
type	Indicates the primary author of the content. Allowable values are: creator The primary or original author of the content. contributor An additional author who is not primary.	(author \| contributor)	#IMPLIED	No
%global-atts; (xtrf, xtrc)	A set of related attributes, described at %global-atts;	parameter entity	PE not applicable	Not applicable
class	A common attribute described in Other common DITA attributes

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