attribution

n. reference; quality, trait

Attribution can mean:Attribution (copyright), a concept in copyright law requiring an author to be creditedJournalism sourcing (or attribution), a journalistic practice of attributing information to its sourceAttribution (psychology), a concept in psychology whereby people attribute traits and causes to things they observeIn art, the judgement by experts as to the author, date, or other aspect of the origin of a work of art. Works "attributed" to an artist are more firmly believed to be his than those "ascribed".
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Attribute in statistics a qualitative variable which cannot be expressed in numerical terms, e.g. insectivorous as a behavioral attribute. [more]Attribution - Community and Resources

Noun
1. assigning some quality or character to a person or thing; "the attribution of language to birds"; "the ascription to me of honors I had not earned"
(synonym) ascription
(hypernym) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
(hyponym) zoomorphism
2. assigning to a cause or source; "the attribution of lighting to an expression of God's wrath"; "he questioned the attribution of the painting to Picasso"
(synonym) ascription
(hypernym) classification, categorization, categorisation, sorting
(hyponym) animatism
(attribute) attributable
(derivation) assign, attribute

n. assignment; attribution, assignation, allocation, allotment; predication