module Hpricot::Doc::Trav

def author
  traverse_element('meta',
    '{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}meta') {|e|
    begin
      next unless e.fetch_attr('name').downcase == 'author'
      author = e.fetch_attribute('content').strip
      return author if !author.empty?
    rescue IndexError
    end
  }
  traverse_element('link',
    '{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}link') {|e|
    begin
      next unless e.fetch_attr('rev').downcase == 'made'
      author = e.fetch_attribute('title').strip
      return author if !author.empty?
    rescue IndexError
    end
  } 
  if channel = find_element('{http://purl.org/rss/1.0/}channel')
    channel.traverse_element('{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}creator') {|e|
      begin
        author = e.extract_text.strip
        return author if !author.empty?
      rescue IndexError
      end
    }
    channel.traverse_element('{http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/}publisher') {|e|
      begin
        author = e.extract_text.strip
        return author if !author.empty?
      rescue IndexError
      end
    }
  end
  nil
end