 Microattribution is thus defined as "a scholarly contribution smaller than a journal article being ascribed to a particular author" or "a small scholarly contribution being ascribed to a particular author".Of course, since data accessions can describe contributions that can vastly exceed research articles in size and quality, quantum attribution or precise citation might be better terms.Barend Mons and Jan Velterop proposed nanopublications for single, attributable and machine-readable assertions in scientific literature.