<authority>

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

`<authority>` | (release authority) supplies the name of a person or other agency responsible for making an electronic file available, other than a publisher or distributor.
Attributes | Global attributes only
Example |
    <authority>John Smith</authority>
Module | Declared in file teihdr2; Core tag sets: enabled when any TEI base is enabled
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 | publicationStmt
Declaration |
    <!ELEMENT authority %om.RO; %phrase.seq;>
    <!ATTLIST authority
          %a.global;>
See further | 5.2.4 Publication, Distribution, etc.

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