This meta property of the datatype Text is used to specify the author of a certain metadatum in Open Research.

In Open Research it is needed to decribe the provenience of metadata about an academic event or event series.

The use of this property is mandatory.

It is not necessary for the DOI registration process via DataCite.

IsA	Property +
Needed for DOI registration	false +
Priority Milestone	iteration 1 +
Usage obligation	mandatory +
Used for	Concept:Event + and Concept:Event series +
Has type "Has type" is a predefined property that describes the datatype of a property and is provided by Semantic MediaWiki.	Text +

Property:Metadata author

Usage guideline