Fields XML, Open source Name James Clark | Role IT/Software Developer Known for XML | |
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Institutions Thai Open Source Software CenterSIPA (Software Industry Promotion Agency, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology)WSO2 Alma mater CharterhouseMerton College, Oxford Notable awards In 2001, awarded the first XML Cup Education |
James Clark () is the author of groff and expat, and has done much work with open-source software and XML.
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Born in London and educated at Charterhouse and Merton College, Oxford, Clark has lived in Bangkok, Thailand since , and is now a permanent resident. He owns a company called Thai Open Source Software Center, which provides him a legal framework for his open-source activities.
For the GNU project, he wrote groff, as well as an XML editing mode for GNU Emacs.
XML-related work
James Clark served as Technical Lead of the Working Group that developed XML—notably contributing the self-closing, empty-element tag syntax (for example: "<tagname/>
"), and the name XML. His contributions to XML are cited in dozens of books on the subject.
James is the author or co-author of a number of influential specifications and implementations, including:
He is listed as part of the Working Group that developed the Java Streaming API for XML (StAX) JSR 173 at the JCP.
Work at SIPA
From until late , Clark worked for Thailand's Software Industry Promotion Agency (SIPA), to promote open source technologies and open standards in the country. This work included pushing the Thai localization of OpenOffice.org office suite and the Mozilla Firefox Web browser, along with other open source software packages.
Other projects at SIPA include: