Acknowledgments

Writing an O'Reilly book has always been a dream of mine. I certainly did not get here by myself. Therefore, I want to thank all those who helped turned this dream into reality.

First, I want to thank Simon St.Laurent, my editor at O'Reilly. Simon ushered this book from its very earliest stages until the very last round of copyediting. He was the first person to bring web services to my attention and provided constant and patient guidance at every step of the way. He also contributed Chapter 2. I also want to thank all the technical reviewers who provided excellent feedback on early drafts of the book. Reviewers included Leigh Dodds, Timothy J. Ewald, Martin Gudgin, Simon Horrell, and Tim O'Reilly. Graham Glass, CEO of The Mind Electric, Inc., answered all of my many questions regarding the GLUE platform and WSDL in general. Tony Hong, cofounder of XMethods, Inc., also helped out with questions on SOAP interoperability and provided permission to reprint the WSDL file for the XMethods eBay Price Watcher Service. Claire Cloutier served as the production editor for the book and did an excellent job keeping the book well-organized and on schedule.