Lauren Wood
Welcome to my home page. I'm best known for my work with XML and the DOM, having been heavily involved with the groups that invented both of these Internet technologies, and having chaired the XML Conference from 2001 to 2005.
What do I do?
I work for Sun Microsystems as a Senior Technical Program Manager, focussing on projects in identity management. I chair the Liberty Alliance's Business Marketing Expert Group.
My musings about technology, general issues, and hobbies are on my blog.
Formerly I was an independent consultant at Textuality Services, Inc. specializing in XML applications. From 2001 until 2005, I chaired the XML conference series that takes place in the US at the end of each year. Until I joined Sun, I was an elected member of the W3C Advisory Board. My consulting specialties are listed in the 'user-friendly' resumé on the Textuality site.
I worked for SoftQuad Software Ltd. (which is now part of Justsystems) as Director of Product Technology until April 2002.
I chaired the W3C Document Object Model Working Group from its inception until November 2001, just after the DOM Level 2 was approved as a W3C Recommendation. The DOM is widely used in browsers and other XML applications, and most recently as an important component of Ajax. It's always gratifying when something you've put large amounts of effort into is used by others.
For further details of my professional life, see my resumé (CV) and for details of my consulting practice, see the Textuality home page.
Some of the transcripts and slides from my talks are linked to from my talks page; others are linked to from postings on my blog.
