diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
index 695c624..1634645 100644
--- a/CHANGES.md
+++ b/CHANGES.md
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@
 
 | **Version** | **Changes**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | **Readiness** |
 |-------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------|
-| 7.0.0       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Introduced Person entity and its relations: authorship, coauthorship, affiliation</li><li>Updated Solr JSON payload model classes</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | beta          |
+| 8.0.0       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Renamed `Result.author.affiliation` to `rawAffiliationString`. Updated Solr JSON payload model classes</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | beta          |
+| 7.0.0       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Introduced Person entity and its relations: authorship, coauthorship, affiliation</li><li>Updated Solr JSON payload model classes</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | production    |
 | 6.1.3       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Updated Solr JSON payload model classes</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | production    |
 | 6.1.1       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Introduced constants used in the DOIBoost dismission.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | production    |
 | 6.1.0       | [Graph model] </br> <ul><li>Introduced model classes to provide a JSON representation of records embedding information from the related entities.</li></ul>                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | production    |
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 42391f8..cf744d3 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <groupId>eu.dnetlib.dhp</groupId>
     <artifactId>dhp-schemas</artifactId>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
-    <version>7.0.3-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>8.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
     <licenses>
         <license>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/Author.java b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/Author.java
index f8c0f3c..6ff5ae4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/Author.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/dnetlib/dhp/schema/oaf/Author.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 public class Author implements Serializable {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1625492739044457437L;
+
 	private String fullname;
 
 	private String name;
@@ -18,7 +19,7 @@ public class Author implements Serializable {
 
 	private List<StructuredProperty> pid;
 
-	private List<Field<String>> affiliation;
+	private List<String> rawAffiliationString;
 
 	public String getFullname() {
 		return fullname;
@@ -60,12 +61,11 @@ public class Author implements Serializable {
 		this.pid = pid;
 	}
 
-	public List<Field<String>> getAffiliation() {
-		return affiliation;
+	public List<String> getRawAffiliationString() {
+		return rawAffiliationString;
 	}
 
-	public void setAffiliation(List<Field<String>> affiliation) {
-		this.affiliation = affiliation;
+	public void setRawAffiliationString(List<String> rawAffiliationString) {
+		this.rawAffiliationString = rawAffiliationString;
 	}
-
 }