diff --git a/manifest.xml b/manifest.xml
index 2f501533b2edb27169aea9759c61f139ebc3dc12..a8295e87b81ebd15f49b88afe4ae133875e2c5d8 100644
--- a/manifest.xml
+++ b/manifest.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
      iri_base_algorithm
 
   </description>
-  <author></author>
+  <author>Joan Perez, jnperez at iri.upc.edu</author>
   <license>LGPL</license>
   <review status="unreviewed" notes=""/>
   <url>http://ros.org/wiki/iri_base_algorithm</url>