Alan Kotok is a Washington, DC reporter and writer on technology, business and public policy, serving as editor of E-Business*Stnndards*Today on DISA.org, and U.S. Techno-Politics on Suite101.com. He writes frequently for the information technology trade press including Electronic Commerce World magazine, XML.com, and CMP TechWeb. Previously, Kotok served as Director of Education at Data Interchange Standards Association (DISA), in addition to serving 10 years with the Graphic Communications Association as Director of Management Technologies, then as Vice-President for Electronic Business.
David R. R. Webber is Vice-President for Business Development for XML Global Technologies in Vancouver, B.C., Canada. He is a co-founder of the XML/EDI Group and an acknowledged authority on XML. Webber lectures frequently in the U.S., Europe, and Asia, and has more than 20 years' experience implementing business systems. He is a U.S. patentholder for advanced EDI software technologies and has published numerous articles and multimedia on requirements for developing XML/EDI business solutions.