author — Gives name and contact information for originating party of the associated data
author : name, org, [xns], [email]
(address* | contactInfo*)
author includes alternate means of identifying author using XNS or normal e-mail/address. The address subelement is to be replaced with the more complete contactInfo subelement.
| fileHeader |
| modificationRecord |
| provenance |
| address |
| contactInfo |
Both the xns and email attributes are deprecated and will be removed. XNS was a proposed internet technology (eXtensible Name Service) to reduce spam that didn't catch on. It is replaced with the 'iname' subelement as a single means to identify an individual or corporation in lieu of typical (and quickly dated) e-mail, phone, or address information. The author element itself is deprecated and should be replaced with the contactInfo element