Eric van der Vlist is an independent consultant
and trainer. His domain of expertise includes Web development and
XML technologies. He is the creator and main editor of XMLfr.org,
the main site dedicated to XML technologies in French, the author
of the O'Reilly books
XML Schema and
RELAX NG,
and a member or the ISO DSDL (http://dsdl.org) working group, which
focuses on XML schema languages. He is based in Paris and you can
reach him by mail (vdv@dyomedea.com) or meet him at one of the many
conferences where he presents his projects.
Alessandro Vernet has been involved with web
and XML technologies from day one. Prior to co-founding Orbeon, he
worked at Symantec Corporation as part of the VisualCafe team,
working on the next-generation RAD for web applications. He is the
co-author of The Best of Java, received the 1998 Logitech
Award for his master's thesis on Jaskell, and is one of the
architects of the open source Orbeon PresentationServer (OPS)
project. His current interests lie in XML technologies and web
applications. He recently implemented an XForms engine using
Ajax/JavaScript, co-authored the XML Pipeline Language
specification published by the W3C, and is active in two W3C
Working Groups: the XForms and XML Processing Model Working Groups.
He holds an MS/CS from the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) in
Lausanne, Switzerland.
Erik Bruchez has extensive experience in the
software industry as a software architect and consultant. As a
former employee of Symantec Corporation, he contributed to the
VisualCafe for Java product line. In 1999, he co-founded Orbeon,
Inc. (www.orbeon.com), where he is now an architect of Orbeon
PresentationServer (OPS), an open source web platform for
form-based applications that builds on technologies such as XForms
and Ajax. Erik participates in the W3C's XForms and XML Processing
Model working groups. He is the author of articles about web
applications and XML technologies and has been a speaker at
conferences such as JavaOne, ObjectWebCon, and XTech. Erik holds an
MS/CS degree from the Swiss Institute of Technology (EPFL) in
Lausanne, Switzerland. He spends most of his time between
Switzerland and California and can be reached by email at
ebruchez@orbeon.com.
Joe Fawcett started programming in the
seventies and briefly worked in IT after leaving full-time
education. He then pursued a more checkered career before returning
to software development in 1994. In 2003 he was awarded the title
of Microsoft Most Valuable Professional in XML for community
contributions and technical expertise. He currently works in London
as senior developer for FTC Kaplan Ltd, a leading international
provider of accountancy and business training.
Danny Ayers is a freelance developer, technical
author, and consultant specializing in cutting-edge Web
technologies. His motivation is the belief that with a little
encouragement, the Web can be significantly more useful and
interesting than it is now. He's been a blogger for some five years
(http://dannyayers.com), with a tendency to post material relating
to the Semantic Web or cat photos.
Technical Editor Micah Dubinko is an
experienced software architect and writer working for the Mobile
Platform group at Yahoo! Inc. He has been programming since the
third grade-at the time on a computer with only 2K of memory. Micah
served as an editor and author of the W3C XForms specification,
publishing a book in print and online, and eventually being awarded
the InfoWorld Innovators 2004 award for his effort. Since then, he
has contributed to and edited numerous Web 2.0 books and articles.
His blog is at http://dubinko.info/blog/. Micah lives with his wife
and two daughters in Silicon Valley.