He is an active participant in the definition of current XML standards and he is a developer with the design and construction of SamXa, an XML based academic test manager. Fabio is a highly visible author with conference presentations (XML Developers Conference 99, Montreal and XML Devcon in New York, April 2001) and articles on the highly respected xml resource site, www.xml.com. He currently is working on the construction of Heqet, a generic XML editor for Gnome, and on the theoretical basics of a new XML based framework for agent collaboration. Articles