authormetadataan

Authormetadataan is a term used in digital bibliographic systems to denote a consolidated metadata schema for author information associated with scholarly works. It aims to provide a consistent representation of author identity, affiliations, and contributions to improve disambiguation and reuse across platforms.

The data model typically includes personal identifiers (full name, given name, family name), unique researcher identifiers (ORCID, ISNI), affiliations, contact information, and roles or contribution types (author, editor, reviewer). It may also track provenance, publication history, and standardized identifiers for related entities.

Format and interoperability: Implementations favor machine-readable formats such as JSON-LD, XML, or RDF and map to established standards like Dublin Core Creator and Contributor, ORCID, ISNI, and ROR. This enables cross-system compatibility and author disambiguation.

Applications: Used in digital repositories, manuscript submission systems, and bibliographic databases to improve author attribution, searchability, and metadata harvesting. It supports author name normalization and disambiguation by linking to persistent identifiers and keeping provenance of metadata changes.

History and notes: The term reflects ongoing efforts to harmonize author metadata across platforms; as a concept it overlaps with existing initiatives in author identity, such as ORCID, and can vary in implementation by community or software. See also: ORCID, Dublin Core, schema.org Person, author disambiguation.