Gijsbert (Bert) Bos (born 1963Gijsbert Bos
Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist
, Dissertation, Groningen University, 1993) is a Dutch computer scientist known for the development of

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, a

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he developed as test application for his style sheet proposal.

Life and work

Born in

The Hague The Hague ( ) is the capital city of the South Holland province of the Netherlands. With a population of over half a million, it is the third-largest city in the Netherlands. Situated on the west coast facing the North Sea, The Hague is the c ...

, Bos studied

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at the

University of Groningen The University of Groningen (abbreviated as UG; , abbreviated as RUG) is a Public university#Continental Europe, public research university of more than 30,000 students in the city of Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherlands. Founded in 1614, th ...

, and wrote his PhD

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on ''Rapid user interface development with the script language Gist''. In 1996, he joined the

World Wide Web Consortium The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web. Founded in 1994 by Tim Berners-Lee, the consortium is made up of member organizations that maintain full-time staff working together in ...

(W3C) to work on Cascading Style Sheets (CSS). He is a former chairman and the current W3C Staff Contact of the CSS Working Group. He is based in Sophia Antipolis,

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Selected publications

Bos has, along with Håkon Wium Lie, written a book about Cascading Style Sheets. * ''Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web'', * ''Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web'' (2nd Edition), *''Cascading Style Sheets: Designing for the Web'' (3rd Edition),

References

External links

Homepage at W3C
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bos, Bert 1963 births Living people Scientists from The Hague Dutch computer programmers Dutch computer scientists University of Groningen alumni