Eric van der Vlist

Eric van der Vlist is a consultant and contributing editor for xmlhack and XML.com. He has created and maintains <XML>fr , a French portal dedicated to XML and 4xt, a resource site for XT users. Eric is a seasoned software engineer and active contributor to XML and XSL mailing lists. He is one of the authors of the RSS 1.0 proposal. He has developed and delivers several XML related trainings for IT engineers and managers, one of them covering the topic proposed here. He has an engineer degree (B.Sc..) from the Ecole Centrale de Paris.

Laurent Vinesse

As an engineer and project manager in IT services, Laurent Vinesse has been involved in SGML/XML-based documentation, stand-alone and WEB, applications for eight years in the fields of Patents, Defence, Libraries, Automotive, and Aeronautics. He is in charge of new technology choices and development within the Technical Management department of EURODOC-SOFILOG. EURODOC-SOFILOG is a global documentation service provider, mainly involved in the following industrial fields: energy, aeronautics, defence, and railway transport.

David K. vun Kannon

David vun Kannon is a senior manager in the Financial Services practice. He is responsible for the information architecture for projects developed within Financial Services that highlight the technology expertise of KPMG Consulting and the close relationship we have with our strategic partners in Electronic Commerce applications for the Financial Services line of business. Mr. vun Kannon’s accomplishments include:
- Leadership of the Specification Working Group of the XBRL Steering Committee. XBRL (eXtensible Business Reporting Language) is an initiative sponsored by the AICPA to create a standard representation of accounting and other financial reporting data. Designed the XML vocabulary for XBRL and pioneered the use of XSchema as a language for representing financial concepts.
- Advisement to RIXML.org on the creation of an XML vocabulary for the investment research industry.
- Advisement to the Global Straight-Through Processing Association on the creation of an object model and supporting XML vocabulary to support the messaging requirements of that organization. This XML vocabulary will define the structure and content of all messages involving the settlement of cross border securities transactions handled by the GSTPA. The GSTPA is an organization of the most technologically advanced securities firms, and includes representatives of global standards-making bodies.

Claus von Riegen

Claus von Riegen is XML Standards Architect for SAP AG. He plays a major role in the definition of SAP's strategy for XML standards and is active participant of ebXML and UDDI. During his seven years with SAP he also worked on many projects in Application Development, including Data and Object Modeling, Workflow Management, Interface Design and Distributed Systems Management. Claus holds a degree in Computer Science from the Technische Universitaet Braunschweig, Germany.

Scott Vorthmann, Ph.D.

Dr. Scott Vorthmann is Senior Architect for XML technologies at TIBCO Software. He has a background in language tools and integrated development environments, and founded GenieWorks to produce a Java-aware program editor for the Macintosh. Scott also served as a Systems Scientist at Carnegie-Mellon University, Computer Science Department.

Michel Vulpe

Mr. Vulpe has more than 15 years of experience in the information processing industry, and is recognized throughout the industry as a leading scientist and visionary in the area of information management. Prior to founding i4i, he participated in the Advanced R&D Group of Geac Computer Corporation Limited, in distributed text and transaction processing over distributed databases. He established, built, and sold OnLine Inc., a consulting firm that specialized in the implementation of complex information technologies. In addition to being the inventor of i4i's patented S4 Technology, Mr. Vulpe, on behalf of Motorola, wrote the international standard SEMI E36, used to manage semiconductor equipment documentation. He also wrote "CMASS," the foundation for a number of rules-based object systems. He holds an MA, Political Economics (University of Toronto).

Dale Waldt

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Laura Walker

Laura Walker serves as the executive director of OASIS, where she directs the Consortium's day-to-day operations from its Boston headquarters. Walker has been involved with the electronic and internet publishing industries for over 15 years, including assignments with Honeywell, American Management Association, GTE, Intergraph, Xerox, Chrystal Software and Proxima, where she led the development of an eCommerce-based accessories business unit. From 1995-1997, Walker served as Chief Marketing Officer of OASIS. In 1998, she was named "Mobile Maven" in recognition of her contributions to mobile computing.

Ray Walker

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Andrew Watson

As Vice President & Technical Director of OMG, Andrew has overall responsibility for OMG's technology adoption process, and also chairs the Architecture Board, the group of distinguished technical contributors from OMG member organizations which oversees the technical consistency of OMG's specifications. From 1992 to 1996 he also chaired the OMG's Object Request Broker Task Force, which was responsible for the development and deployment of the CORBA 2 specification. Previously Andrew spent six years with the ANSA core team in Cambridge researching distributed object architectures, specialising in distributed object type systems.

Helen Watchorn

Helen Watchorn has primary and post-graduate qualifications in Communications and Information Technology, and has spent her career working in the documentation departments of companies in the IT industry, specialising in the production of localised manuals. Before joining XML Workshop Ltd. she was the documentation manager for Informix Software Ireland.

Dieter Weidenbrück

Dieter Weidenbrück is the founder and President of ITEDO Software, the manufacturer of the Technical Illustration package IsoDraw. He is the primary architect of the IsoDraw software program. Dieter Weidenbrück has developed a considerable experience in the field of documentation standards and is actively participating in standardization efforts concerning technical illustration. He is one of the authors of the WebCGM Recommendation. He serves as the current Chairman of the CGM Open Consortium.

Tim Weitzel

Tim Weitzel is research assistant at the Institute of Information Systems and, since 1997, head of the XML Competence Center (http://xml.cnec.org) at J. W. Goethe University, Frankfurt. In a research project funded by the German National Science Foundation (DFG), he is responsible for developing a standardization framework on the diffusion of IT standards, XML/EDI and SME integration. At Frankfurt University, Tim is co-developer of an XML-based EDI solution that has become the foundation of Seals GmbH (www.seals.com). He conducts XML seminars for both students as well as industry partners like Intershop, DG Bank and Software AG. Information about research and teaching activities, publications etc. is available at http://www.wiwi.uni-frankfurt.de/~tweitzel/

Louis Weitzman

Louis Weitzman has worked at the intersection of design and computers for over 25 years. Interested in the computational support for the design process, he has investigated tools and techniques to support designers both interactively and automatically. While a student at MIT's Media Lab, he investigated the use of visual languages as a formalism to represent and enable design. At the Media Lab's Visible Language Workshop, he was Muriel Cooper's first PhD student. Louis also holds a Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Minnesota and a Master of Architecture in Advanced Studies from MIT's Architecture Machine Group. He is currently a member of IBM's Advanced Internet Technology Group building applications that try to leverage the power of computers while maintaining focus on the principles of good design. Recent projects include the Franklin XML publishing system, MyIBM personalized portal, Virtual Resource Locators and interactive visualizations for SuperNews articles and ActiveProduct browsing.

Erik Wilde

Erik Wilde is currently working at the Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory (TIK), which is part of the Department of Electrical Engineering of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zürich. His interest in general are Web technologies, with a special focus on content-related standards such as XML/XLink/XPointer. When he is not reading new standards (or out in the woods running...), he gives lectures or courses, tries to make some progress with my book projects, works on a research project dealing with flexibly and effectively applying the topic map metaphor to the Web, or spends some time as consultant for companies seeking help or advice with Web-related projects.

Lauren Wood

Lauren Wood is Director of Product Technology at SoftQuad Software Inc. She plays a major part in the design of SoftQuad's tools for XML-based e-commerce and e-publishing, as well as representing SoftQuad on several technical committees. She is a popular speaker at international conferences. Lauren was until recently Chair of the W3C Document Object Model Working Group and has also been an active member of the CSS and Formatting Properties Working Group, the XML Working Group, and the XSL Working Group, as well as the original HTML Working Group. She holds a Ph.D. in theoretical nuclear physics from the University of Melbourne, Australia.

Jeremiah Woolsey

Jeremiah is a consultant with Interactive Documents International, specializing in technical project management and services in SGML, XML, and CGM for the aerospace/defense sector. He has been involved in the design, development, and implementation of ATA and CALS-based product support systems for the past 15 years, and is the author of over a dozen articles in this area. Jeremiah holds a Master's degree in Instructional Technology from the University of Central Florida, where his focus was the use of interactive computer graphics in the delivery of training.

Graham J. Wylie

Graham is responsible for marketing development. Since joining in early 2000 he has coordinated the European strategy for the acquired Dyna product suite and led Enigma’s e-business initiative in Europe. Prior to joining Enigma, Graham worked with the e-business consultancy of Admiral Plc and in Marketing with Air Products and Chemicals Inc. He holds a BSc from the University of Exeter and is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. Graham is a regular speaker on the topic of e-business; having presented papers at E-Commerce for Aerospace, E-Business for Industry and Fleet Europe among others in 2000.

Yigang Xu

Yigang Xu received her MS degree in Medical Informatics from the University of Paris VI in September 1998, and is now a PhD student in Medical Informatics in the University of Paris VI. She has worked in the Medical Informatics Department of Broussais University Hospital in Paris since 1996. Her research interest is mainly on the technology of middleware and distributed systems. Mediation architectures and semantic interoperability are her current research themes.