Intent of <author> as a link

[Eliot Kimber <ekimber@reallysi.com>]

I noticed, perhaps for the first time, that <author> takes the linking
attributes (href, keyref, format, scope).

The 12/11/09 draft lang ref entry for author doesn't say anything about the
link nature of <author>.

I'm wonder what the general intent is: is it, as I assume, to create a link
to some other resource that represents the author in general, e.g., a
biography entry, author database entry, etc.?

Does IBM, in particular, have an implementation of <author> as a link that
can serve as a guide to how it might be used in practice?

This is not a design issue, I'm just looking for background information on
the semantic of <author>.

Cheers,

E.

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