(of a person, institution, or written work) The quality or characteristic of being respected for having good character or knowledge, especially as a source of guidance or an exemplar of proper conduct.

(information science) A term prescribed by a controlled vocabulary as the one preferable to its synonyms, such as frequency preferable to pitch.

plural of authorized term

The authoring of a project by a team of people working in collaboration, often with a project manager to coordinate effort

Any authority which has a legal mandate to govern, administrate a part or aspect of public life, such as all branches of the executive power of a state, province, municipality etc.

(uncountable) The act of securing authorization rights independently from the intermediaries that utilize them and the parties to which they apply

plural of authoring program

That author of a joint paper who is considered by the publisher to have submitted it for publication.

plural of corresponding author

(rhetoric) Deeming an assertion to be true because of the position or the authority of the person asserting it.