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# authorblurb

## Name

authorblurb — A short description or note about an author

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# Synopsis

### Content Model

    authorblurb ::=
    (title?,
     (formalpara|para|simpara)+)

### Attributes

Common attributes

### Parameter Entities

The following parameter entities contain authorblurb:

Parameter Entities
`%bibliocomponent.mix;` | `%bookcomponent.content;` | `%component.mix;`
`%descobj.class;` | `%divcomponent.mix;` | `%person.ident.mix;`
`%refcomponent.mix;` |  |

## Description

A short description of an author.

### Processing expectations

Formatted as a displayed block. Sometimes suppressed.

### Future Changes

In DocBook V4.0, `AuthorBlurb` will be removed from some of the places in which it now occurs. Instead of appearing inside `Author`, for example, a new wrapper element will be created to hold `Author`, `AuthorBlurb`, and `Affiliation`.

### Parents

These elements contain authorblurb: `address`, `appendix`, `appendixinfo`, `article`, `articleinfo`, `author`, `bibliodiv`, `biblioentry`, `bibliography`, `bibliographyinfo`, `bibliomixed`, `bibliomset`, `biblioset`, `blockquote`, `bookinfo`, `callout`, `chapter`, `chapterinfo`, `editor`, `glossary`, `glossaryinfo`, `glossdiv`, `index`, `indexinfo`, `listitem`, `msgexplan`, `msgtext`, `objectinfo`, `othercredit`, `partinfo`, `partintro`, `preface`, `prefaceinfo`, `procedure`, `refentryinfo`, `referenceinfo`, `refsect1`, `refsect1info`, `refsect2`, `refsect2info`, `refsect3`, `refsect3info`, `refsynopsisdiv`, `refsynopsisdivinfo`, `sect1`, `sect1info`, `sect2`, `sect2info`, `sect3`, `sect3info`, `sect4`, `sect4info`, `sect5`, `sect5info`, `section`, `sectioninfo`, `setindex`, `setindexinfo`, `setinfo`, `sidebarinfo`, `simplesect`, `step`.

### Children

The following elements occur in authorblurb: `formalpara`, `para`, `simpara`, `title`.

## See Also

`author`, `authorgroup`, `collab`, `collabname`, `contrib`, `corpauthor`, `editor`, `othercredit`.

## Examples

For examples, see `authorgroup` .

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