diff --git a/gnome-shell.doap b/gnome-shell.doap
index 49af10433..1ebbbde42 100644
--- a/gnome-shell.doap
+++ b/gnome-shell.doap
@@ -31,34 +31,34 @@ its dependencies to build from tarballs.</description>
   <programming-language>JavaScript</programming-language>
   <programming-language>C</programming-language>
 
-  <maintainer>
+  <author>
     <foaf:Person>
       <foaf:name>William Jon McCann</foaf:name>
       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:jmccann@redhat.com" />
       <gnome:userid>mccann</gnome:userid>
     </foaf:Person>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer>
+  </author>
+  <author>
     <foaf:Person>
       <foaf:name>Owen Taylor</foaf:name>
       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:otaylor@redhat.com" />
       <gnome:userid>otaylor</gnome:userid>
     </foaf:Person>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer>
+  </author>
+  <author>
     <foaf:Person>
       <foaf:name>Colin Walters</foaf:name>
       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:walters@verbum.org" />
       <gnome:userid>walters</gnome:userid>
     </foaf:Person>
-  </maintainer>
-  <maintainer>
+  </author>
+  <author>
     <foaf:Person>
       <foaf:name>Marina Zhurakhinskaya</foaf:name>
       <foaf:mbox rdf:resource="mailto:marinaz@redhat.com" />
       <gnome:userid>marinaz</gnome:userid>
     </foaf:Person>
-  </maintainer>
+  </author>
   <maintainer>
     <foaf:Person>
       <foaf:name>Florian Müllner</foaf:name>