Dave Raggett
Dave Raggett (born June 8, 1955 ) is a British computer scientist.
He grew up in England and received his PhD from the University of Oxford . He has been involved in the development of the World Wide Web since the early days . Since 1992 he has made numerous contributions to the development of HTML over the years . He is co-author of HTML 3 through HTML 4.01. He also wrote a small program called HTML Tidy , which checks and corrects the syntax of the HTML code for correctness, and HTML Slidy , which can be used for XHTML presentations. In April 2007 he took over the chairmanship of the W3C . Since August 2007 he has been visiting professor at the University of the West of England .
Web links
- Homepage of Dave Raggett at the W3C (English)
- Historical draft of HTML + by Dave Raggett (English)
- HTML Slidy (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography at the W3C
- ↑ Michael Jendryschik. Introduction to XHTML, CSS and web design: standards-compliant, modern and ... , 2006, Pearson Education Germany, ISBN 3-8273-2477-7 , p. 134
- ↑ Volantis welcomes the appointment of Dave Raggetts as Chair of the W3C UWA Working Group
- ↑ Dave Raggett at the W3C
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| SURNAME | Raggett, Dave |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British computer scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1955 |