Eric van der Vlist is a seasoned independent consultant and trainer. He is a contributing editor for xmlhack (http://xmlhack.com) and XML.com (http://xml.com) and has created and maintains XMLfr (http://xmlfr.org), a French portal dedicated to XML.

In the domain of XML schema languages, Eric is the inventor of Examplotron (http://examplotron.org) and the editor of ISO/DSDL Part 10 (Validation Management). He is also the author of the books "XML Schema" and "RELAX NG" published by O'Reill