author Element

Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista

The author element specifies the author of the associated parent element. The author element can be a child of a feed element or an entry element.

Schema Hierarchy

feed Element
  images Element

Syntax

<author>
  <name>Microsoft Web Platform Team</name>
  <uri>https://www.microsoft.com</uri>
</author>

Attributes and Elements

The following sections describe attributes, child elements, and parent elements.

Attributes

None.

Child Elements

Element Description

name

When the author element is a child of feed element, the name element contains text that is displayed as the name of the feed author in the feed properties.

When the author element is a child of an entry element, it contains text that is displayed as the author of the associated application.

uri

Contains a URL to a page containing more information about the author.

Parent Elements

Element Description

feed

The root element.

entry

Contains child elements that define information about a product displayed in the Web PI interface.