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Introduction

Prior to DSpace 5, the browse and discovery item listings were the only place where specific items were listed for selected authors. The author profile feature delivers more context and recognition for authors, associated with items in DSpace. 

The author profile functionality operates independently from the DSpace "EPerson" account system. An author profile is a page that showcases the author’s biography and provides links to content that the author contributed toadministrator can create author profiles for any author that is referenced on items in the repository, regardless of whether they are registered users in the system.

This feature allows repository managers to raise the profile for specific authors and differentiate between institutional authors and external authors. 

Features 

• A web user interface where administrators can create, update and delete author profiles 
• Author profiles can be created for any author appearing in the DSpace metadata, it is not bound to EPeople (user accounts). 
• A separate entry in the public DSpace navigation "View author profiles" that lists the created author profiles. This is parallel to the existing "browse by authors". Browse by authors will still show all metadata entries for authors, while the "view author profiles" only lists those authors for which a profile has been created. 
• An icon that shows up in the Discovery author facet to give users easy access to author profiles when searching 
• SEO friendly page URL that includes the author's name.

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