Free text showing how the authorship of a content item should be described in an online display, when a standard concatenation of individual contributor elements would not give a satisfactory presentation. Optional, and repeatable if parallel text is provided in multiple languages. The language attribute is optional for a single instance of <ContributorStatement>, but must be included in each instance if <ContributorStatement> is repeated. When the <ContributorStatement> field is sent, the receiver should use it to replace all name detail (though not the biographical, date or place details) sent in the <Contributor> composite for display purposes only. The individual name detail must also be sent in the <Contributor> composite for indexing and retrieval.