Robin La Fontaine has a degree in Engineering Science from the University of Oxford and a Masters degree in Computer Science. His company has, over the last few years, developed a method for representing changes in XML documents and data in XML and this is implemented as DeltaXML. Robin has contributed to the STEP XML Working Group within ISO (ISO10303). He has been project manager of several European research projects including the XML/EDI European Pilot Project. His background is in CAD data exchange and Lisp programming.