Assign Author and Email with Attribute Entries
Instead of using an author line, a single author’s information can be set and assigned with attribute entries in the document header.
author and email attribute syntax
The built-in attributes author and email can be explicitly set and assigned values in the document header using attribute entries.
Example 1. Set author and email attributes
= The Intrepid Chronicles
:author: Kismet R. Lee (1)
:email: kismet@asciidoctor.org (2)| 1 | The author’s name is assigned to the built-in attribute author |
| 2 | The author’s email is assigned to the built-in attribute email |
When the default stylesheet is applied, the author information assigned to these attributes is displayed on the byline. The result of Example 1 is displayed below.
You can’t set the built-in attributes for multiple authors (e.g., author_2, email_3) using attribute entries.
Multiple authors can only be set using the author line.
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These attributes can also be referenced in the document.