<docAuthor>

| ## Text Encoding Initiative
### The XML Version of the TEI Guidelines # <docAuthor>

`<docAuthor>` | (document author) contains the name of the author of the document, as given on the title page (often but not always contained in a `<byline>`).
Attributes | Global attributes and those inherited from divtop, fmchunk, tpParts
Example |
Note | The document author's name often occurs within a byline, but the `<docAuthor>` element may be used whether the `<byline>` element is used or not.
Module | Declared in file teifron2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
Class | tpParts; divtop; fmchunk
Data Description | May contain character data and phrase-level elements.
May contain | #PCDATA abbr add addSpan address alt altGrp anchor app c caesura cb certainty cl corr damage date dateRange dateStruct del delSpan distinct emph expan fLib foreign formula fs fsLib fvLib fw gap geogName gloss handShift hi index interp interpGrp join joinGrp lang lb link linkGrp m measure mentioned milestone name num oRef oVar orgName orig pRef pVar pb persName phr placeName ptr ref reg respons restore rs s seg sic soCalled space span spanGrp supplied term time timeRange timeStruct timeline title unclear w xptr xref
May occur within | back body byline castList div div0 div1 div2 div3 div4 div5 div6 div7 epilogue front group lg performance prologue titlePage
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT docAuthor %om.RO; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST docAuthor
          %a.global;>
See further | 7.5 Title Pages

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