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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def owner(self):
 """ Username of document creator """

        if self._owner:
            return self._owner
        elif not self.abstract:
            return self.read_meta()._owner

        raise EmptyDocumentException()