Thomas Erl (born 1967) is a Canadian author, and public speaker known for major contributions to the field of service-oriented architecture.
He also initiated and contributed in creating the catalog of SOA design patterns for building service-oriented systems.
[25] As of mid-May 2011[update], the SOA Manifesto[26] had been signed by over 800 signatories and voluntarily translated to ten languages: Chinese, Dutch, French, German,[27] Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Tamil, and Hindi.
[21] Each book has a different angle educating and teaching the concept, the philosophy, and architectural aspects of service orientation in the perspective of the targeted audience.
Erl's books, principles, and patterns have been cited by many articles and whitepapers on ACM,[29] IEEE, HL7, OMG, Oracle Technology Network, MSDN, and IBM DeveloperWorks.