Author - Signposting the Scholarly Web

Use Typed Links in HTTP Link headers to help machines find the authors of a publication.

The following relation type is used in the Author pattern:

To link from an Identifying HTTP URI, a Repository Stable HTTP URI, or an Entry Page to a URI identifying the author: author. Author identifiers that are conveyed on links with the "author" relation type should be HTTP URIs chosen from namespaces that are widely supported by the community, such as ORCID, VIAF, and ISNI.

DOI/Handle ➞ Author Identifying HTTP URI
Provide links to authors from the Identifying HTTP URI such as a DOI URI or a Handle URI of a publication.
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Entry Page ➞ Author Identifying HTTP URI
Provide links to authors from the Publication's Entry page.
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Repository Stable HTTP URI ➞ Author Identifying HTTP URI
Provide links to authors from the Publication's Repository Stable HTTP URI.
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