Acknowledgements

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I would like to begin by recognizing the work of the two primary editors of this book: Denise Bankaitis and Julie Xiao. A book is created by a team consisting of the author and the editors, and my two editors have made this one of the best book teams I have worked with. Denise has reviewed the grammar, flow, and content of this book, and she has greatly improved the book's readability. Julie, the technical editor, has carefully checked the technical content of this book. Julie's job has been especially difficult due to the constantly changing W3C specifications, the new releases of products, and the lack of documentation on the most current XML technologies. Julie has consistently looked through the text and has located errors and inconsistencies, and in this way has made a substantial contribution to this book. I also want to thank Marc Young, who did the technical editing in the earlier chapters of the manuscript, and Jennifer Harris, who served as the manuscript editor at the beginning of the project. I would also like to thank the following individuals for their contributions to the book: Gina Cassill, principal compositor; Patricia Masserman, principal proofreader/copy editor; Joel Panchot, interior graphic artist; and Richard Shrout, indexer.

I would like to acknowledge Dan Rogers and Kevin McCall, who are in charge of Microsoft's BizTalk Server group and who have answered numerous questions for me.

Writing this book has required the use of numerous XML tools. I would like to acknowledge the people at Extensibility, Inc., who have answered many questions and provided me with their tool XML Authority. I would also like to acknowledge Vervet for the use of XML Pro, Microstar for Near and Far, and Icon Information-Systems for XML Spy. These are all great XML tools that often work together and have helped me build the examples in this book. In addition to the tools I just mentioned, the wide range of products and tools created by Microsoft—from IE 5 to BizTalk server—are making XML part of the corporate solutions today. Without these tools and products, this book could never have been completed.

I would also like to acknowledge my family—Gwen, Maya, William, Lynzie, and Jillian—who once again had to sacrifice their time with me so that I could complete this book.

Finally, I would like to acknowledge you, the reader. Thank you for purchasing this book, and may this book help you understand XML and how to use it in your future work.

-Jake Sturm