diff --git a/.zenodo.json b/.zenodo.json
index 30f4692..c662569 100644
--- a/.zenodo.json
+++ b/.zenodo.json
@@ -1,17 +1,18 @@
 {
   "title": "CSV2CMI",
   "description": "converts a table of letters into CMI format",
-  "publication_date": "2019-03-20",
+  "publication_date": "2019-03-29",
   "creators": [{
     "name": "Rettinghaus, Klaus",
     "orcid": "0000-0003-1898-2543"
   }],
   "contributors": [{
-      "name": "Uwe Kretschmer",
+      "name": "Kretschmer, Uwe",
+      "orcid": "0000-0002-3685-6519",
       "type": "Other"
     },
     {
-      "name": "Jana Dolan",
+      "name": "Dolan, Jana",
       "type": "Other"
     }
   ],
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index a0d7cc6..ba36f7c 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -4,11 +4,11 @@
   "identifier": "CSV2CMI",
   "name": "CSV2CMI",
   "description": "converts a table of letters into CMI format",
-  "softwareVersion": "2.0.0",
+  "softwareVersion": "2.0.1",
   "license": "OSI Approved :: MIT License",
   "programmingLanguage": "Python :: 3",
   "maintainer": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-2543",
-  "datePublished": "2019-03-20",
+  "datePublished": "2019-03-29",
   "codeRepository": "https://github.com/saw-leipzig/csv2cmi",
   "author": [{
     "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1898-2543",
@@ -19,15 +19,18 @@
     "email": "rettinghaus@bach-leipzig.de"
   }],
   "contributor": [{
+      "@id": "https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3685-6519",
       "@type": "Person",
       "givenName": "Uwe",
       "familyName": "Kretschmer",
+      "name": "Kretschmer, Uwe",
       "email": "kretschmer@saw-leipzig.de"
     },
     {
       "@type": "Person",
       "givenName": "Jana",
-      "familyName": "Dolan"
+      "familyName": "Dolan",
+      "name": "Dolan, Jana"
     }
   ]
 }
diff --git a/csv2cmi.py b/csv2cmi.py
index fb18c51..5c7d6d9 100755
--- a/csv2cmi.py
+++ b/csv2cmi.py
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 from xml.etree.ElementTree import Element, SubElement, Comment, ElementTree
 
 __license__ = "MIT"
-__version__ = '2.0.0'
+__version__ = '2.0.1'
 
 # define log output
 logging.basicConfig(format='%(levelname)s: %(message)s')
@@ -159,9 +159,7 @@ def createFileDesc(config):
 
 def createCorrespondent(nameString):
     if letter[nameString]:
-        defaultElement = 'name'
         correspondents = []
-        personIDs = []
         # Turning the cells of correspondent names and their IDs into lists since cells
         # can contain various correspondents split by an extra delimiter.
         # In that case it is essential to be able to call each by their index.
@@ -170,15 +168,15 @@ def createCorrespondent(nameString):
             try:
                 personIDs = letter[nameString + "ID"].split(subdlm)
             except KeyError:
-                defaultElement = 'persName'
+                personIDs = []
         else:
             persons = [letter[nameString]]
             try:
                 personIDs = [letter[nameString + "ID"]]
             except KeyError:
-                defaultElement = 'persName'
+                personIDs = []
         for index, person in enumerate(persons):
-            correspondent = Element(defaultElement)
+            correspondent = Element('persName')
             person = str(person).strip()
             # assigning authority file IDs to their correspondents if provided
             if (index < len(personIDs)) and personIDs[index]:
@@ -225,7 +223,9 @@ def createCorrespondent(nameString):
                         except UnicodeEncodeError:
                             print(authID)
                         else:
-                            elementset = ('DifferentiatedPerson',
+                            corporatelike = (
+                                'Corporate', 'Company', 'ReligiousAdministrativeUnit')
+                            personlike = ('DifferentiatedPerson',
                                           'Royal', 'Family', 'Legendary')
                             gndrdf_root = gndrdf.getroot()
                             latestID = gndrdf_root[0].get(
@@ -235,12 +235,12 @@ def createCorrespondent(nameString):
                                     '%s returns new ID %s', authID, latestID)
                             rdftype = gndrdf_root.find(
                                 './/rdf:type', ns).get('{http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#}resource')
-                            if 'Corporate' in rdftype:
+                            if any(entity in rdftype for entity in corporatelike):
                                 correspondent = Element('orgName')
-                            elif any(entity in rdftype for entity in elementset):
+                            elif any(entity in rdftype for entity in personlike):
                                 correspondent = Element('persName')
                             else:
-                                correspondent = Element('name')
+                                authID = ''
                                 if 'UndifferentiatedPerson' in rdftype:
                                     logging.warning(
                                         '%sID in line %s links to undifferentiated Person', nameString, table.line_num)
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ def createCorrespondent(nameString):
                     else:
                         logging.error(
                             'No proper authority record in line %s for %s', table.line_num, nameString)
-                if authID and correspondent.tag != "name":
+                if authID:
                     correspondent.set('ref', authID)
             else:
                 logging.debug('ID for "%s" missing in line %s',