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 edit
Born 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 edit
Bos 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.