Gijsbert (Bert) Bos (born 1963[1]) is a Dutch computer scientist known for the development of Argo, a web browser he developed as test application for his style sheet proposal.
Bert Bos | |
|---|---|
 Bert Bos | |
| Born | November 10, 1963 |
| Occupation | Computer scientist |
| Known for | Cascading Style Sheets |
| Website | www |
Life and work
editBorn in The Hague, Bos studied mathematics at the University of Groningen, and wrote his PhD thesis on Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist.[1]
In 1996, he joined the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to work on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). He is a former chairman and the current W3C Staff Contact of the CSS Working Group.[2] He is based in Sophia Antipolis, France.
Selected publications
editBos has, along with Håkon Wium Lie, written a book about Cascading Style Sheets.
- Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web, ISBN 0-201-41998-X
- Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (2nd Edition), ISBN 0-201-59625-3
- Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web (3rd Edition), ISBN 0-321-19312-1
References
edit- ^ a b Gijsbert Bos, Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Dissertation, Groningen University, 1993
- ^ Elika J. Etemad / fantasai (2008-04-04). "Resolutions 2008-03 San Diego Part I: Working Group Operations, Communication, and Charter". CSS Working Group Blog. Retrieved 2008-04-16.