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Wiley Publishing, Inc. is not associated with any product or vendor mentioned in this book. a538292 FM.qxd 8/18/03 8:43 AM Page iv www.it-ebooks.info About the Authors Brian Benz (bbenz@benztech.com) has more than 15 years experience designing and deploying systems infrastructures, designing and developing applications, migrating messaging systems and applications, and managing projects. He has established his expertise and reputation in the XML and Web service marketplace since 1998 through hands-on experience in various projects. Brian also makes frequent contributions as a writer for industry publications, including the IBM Redbook XML: Powered by Domino, The Notes and Domino 6 Programmer’s Bible, Lotus Advisor magazine, e-Business Advisor magazine, WebSphere Advisor maga- zine, and e-Pro magazine. He is also a frequent presenter of highly rated technical seminars for IBM, Lotus Software, and Advisor Media at venues worldwide. Brian is CEO of Benz Technologies ( http://www.benztech.com). John R. Durant ( jdurant@microsoft.com) is the site manager for Microsoft’s Office Developer Center ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/office). He is a noted author and speaker on Microsoft Office, Microsoft .NET, XML, Microsoft SharePoint, COM technologies, and enterprise development. He has authored magazine articles, courseware, and other materials on these same topics, and has traveled the world speaking to developers and other professionals about how these technologies work. Before joining Microsoft, he was employed independently, delivering customer solutions. He lives in the Seattle area with his beautiful wife and four boys. Contributor Tod Golding has been a professional programmer since 1986 working in a variety of roles ranging from Software Engineer to Lead Architect for organiza- tions of all shapes and sizes, including Microsoft and Borland. His programming skills span the spectrum of technologies and programming languages and include designing and constructing large-scale systems using both the Microsoft and Java (J2EE) platforms. His language experience has focused primarily on C++, Java, and C#. His chapters in this book cover Java Web Services, the details of Apache’s Axis, JAX-RPC, and JAXM. He started his writing career as a journalist, writing sports for 2 years at the Sacramento Bee daily newspaper, and he has authored a number of white papers assessing the relative strengths of competing technologies. a538292 FM.qxd 8/18/03 8:43 AM Page v www.it-ebooks.info Credits Executive Editor Chris Webb Senior Acquisitions Editor Sharon Cox Acquisitions Editor Jim Minatel Project Editor Kenyon Brown Technical Editor Sundar Rajan Copy Editor Anne L. 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