Chapter . About the Author

About the Author

Thomas Erl is an independent consultant and Chief Architect at XMLTC Consulting Inc., in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He is widely known for inventing the Layered Scope Model for XML and Web services, and is the founder of the XML & Web Services Integration Framework (XWIF). Thomas is also responsible for eXtensinet.com, one of the world's largest XML and Web services resource portals.

Thomas is an avid photographer and artist. He provided all of the photographs used in this book, as well as the cover photo.

For more information, visit www.thomaserl.com.

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