The author of the resource may be a person, organisation or service, but is most commonly a
person. This element SHOULD take an optional attribute called 'id', which MUST contain an
HTTP URI which uniquely identifies the author. Where there is more than one author,
a separate 'rioxxterms:author' element MUST be used for each. As many authors may be
entered as required. The ideal use of this element is to include both an HTTP URI in the id
attribute, and a text string in the body of the element, thus:
<rioxxterms:author id="identifier-for-this-author-entity">
name-of-this-author-entity
</rioxxterms:author>
Where the author is a person, the RECOMMENDED format is to add text in the form Last Name,
First Name(s), and to include an ORCID (http://orcid.org) ID, if known, in its HTTP URI form, e.g.
<rioxxterms:author id="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-3092">
Lawson, Gerald
</rioxxterms:author>
Where the author is an organisation, the RECOMMENDED format is to add the official name of
the organisation, and to include an ISNI (http://isni.org) ID, if known, in its HTTP URI form, e.g.
<rioxxterms:author id="http://isni.org/isni/0000000419367988">
University of Edinburgh
</rioxxterms:author>
Where the _rioxxterms:author_ element appears multiple times for one record, it CAN be assumed
that the order is significant, in that the first element describes the 'first named author' of
the resource. In order to make this more explicit, an extra attribute, _first-named-author_,
SHOULD be used to indicate which of the _rioxxterms:author_ elements describes the first named
author of the resource, thus:
<rioxxterms:author id="http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1395-3092" first-named-author="true">
Lawson, Gerald
</rioxxterms:author>
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