Yves Savourel has been involved in internationalization and localization for fifteen years; working currently at ENLASO Corporation (formerly RWS Group). His main focus has always been on developing tools and solutions for localization processes, often including SGML and XML aspects. Yves has been involved in the creation of various localization-related standards such as OpenTag, TMX, or XLIFF. He is also the author of “XML Internationalization and Localization”. He is a native of Brittany and lived in France, Africa and in the Indian Ocean before settling in Boulder, Colorado.