For consistency with generic definitions of link relations (such as in RFC 5988), it would be good if definitions would start with a generic description of what the link is about, and only then define the details for HTML.

For "author" (<http://dev.w3.org/html5/spec/Overview.html#link-type-author>), we currently have:

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The author keyword may be used with link, a, and area elements. This keyword creates a hyperlink.

For a and area elements, the author keyword indicates that the referenced document provides further information about the author of the nearest article element ancestor of the element defining the hyperlink, if there is one, or of the page as a whole, otherwise.

For link elements, the author keyword indicates that the referenced document provides further information about the author for the page as a whole.

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Proposal:

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The "author" link relation indicates that the identified resource provides further information about the authors.

It may be used with link, a, and area elements. This keyword creates a hyperlink.

For a and area elements, the author keyword indicates that the referenced document provides further information about the author of the nearest article element ancestor of the element defining the hyperlink, if there is one, or of the page as a whole, otherwise.

For link elements, the author keyword indicates that the referenced document provides further information about the author for the page as a whole.

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