author element

Supported platforms

BlackBerry OS: 5.0 - 7.0
BlackBerry PlayBook OS: 2.0+
BlackBerry 10 OS

Syntax

<author href="string"
        rim:copyright="string"
        email="string" 
        rim:copyright="string"
        xml:lang="string">
    string</author>

Description

The <author> element specifies information about the people or organizations that are involved with the creation of a BlackBerry WebWorks application.

For BlackBerry smartphone applications running BlackBerry 7 or earlier, author information appears in the Vendor property when BlackBerry device users view the list of applications that are installed on the BlackBerry device.

You can access this element by using the blackberry.app.author property that is provided in the BlackBerry WebWorks API.

Parent elements

<widget>

Child elements

none

Occurrences

One

Attributes

You can use the following attributes in the <author> element:

Attribute	Description
`href`	The `href` attribute specifies a web address that is associated with the author (for example, the web page of the author). You can access this attribute by using the `blackberry.app.authorURL` property that is provided in the BlackBerry WebWorks API.
`rim:copyright`	The `rim:copyright` attribute specifies copyright information. On BlackBerry smartphones, this information appears on the About screen in the application and in the copyright area in the applications list. An example of typical copyright text is `Copyright 1998-2009 My Company Inc`. You can access this attribute by using the `blackberry.app.copyright` property that is provided in the BlackBerry WebWorks API. This attribute is optional.
`email`	The `email` attribute specifies the email address that is associated with the author. You can access this attribute by using the `blackberry.app.authorEmail` property that is provided in the BlackBerry WebWorks API. This attribute is optional.
`xml:lang`	The `xml:lang` attribute specifies the language that is used in the element. For more information about this attribute, visit www.w3.org. This attribute is optional.
`its:dir`	The `its:dir` attribute specifies the directionality of the language. For example, `its:dir="rtl"` specifies a language that is written from right to left. For more information about this attribute, visit www.w3.org. You can use this attribute for localization.

Example

<author href="http://www.example.com/" 
        rim:copyright="Copyright 1998-2012 My Corp">My Corp</author>