<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). 4.6 Title Pages
Module textstructure — 4 Default Text Structure
In addition to global attributes att.canonical (@key, @ref)
Used by
May contain
Declaration

<rng:element name="docAuthor">
 <rng:ref name="att.global.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="att.canonical.attributes"/>
 <rng:ref name="macro.phraseSeq"/>
</rng:element>
element docAuthor
{
   att.global.attributes,
   att.canonical.attributes,
   macro.phraseSeq
}
Example
<titlePage>
 <docTitle>
  <titlePart>Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four
     Parts.</titlePart>
 </docTitle>
 <byline> By <docAuthor>Lemuel Gulliver</docAuthor>, First a Surgeon,
   and then a Captain of several Ships</byline>
</titlePage>
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.