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Bert Bos

Gijsbert (Bert) Bos is a Dutch computer scientist known for the development of Argo, a web browser he developed as test application for his style sheet proposal.

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Bert Bos
Bert Bos
Born (1963-11-10) November 10, 1963
OccupationComputer scientist
Known forCascading Style Sheets
Websitewww.w3.org/People/Bos/

Gijsbert (Bert) Bos (born 19631) is a Dutch computer scientist known for the development of Argo, a web browser he developed as test application for his style sheet proposal.

Life and work

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

Bos has, along with Håkon Wium Lie, written a book about Cascading Style Sheets.

References

References

  1. Gijsbert Bos, Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist Archived 2011-09-28 at the Wayback Machine, Dissertation, Groningen University, 1993
  2. 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.
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