The identity of the author, company or organization is indicated.

In many countries this is a legal requirement. But beyond local legal aspects, it is good for a person to vouch for the content of the site and for this person to be identified.

Objectives

• Allow users to unambiguously identify a physical contact capable of answering any questions about the content offered, or of assuming responsibilities linked to this content.
• Reassure the user by allowing them to directly identify the author (in the broad sense).
• Limit the risks of distrust.
• Improve the way content is taken into account by search engines and indexing tools

Implementation

• The name and address of the publishing house is written in an identified section
• The name of the publishing house is indicated in the OPF file using the dc:publisher element
• The name of the publishing house is indicated in the ONIX file

Control

Validation

• Needs to be human verified.